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On the Statistics f>f Dulchun, 



Ahmedm.'ggur Colhctorate. — The Ahmednuggur Collectorate adjoins 

 thePoona Collectorate on the east and north. Part of its frontier is 

 along the Ghats ; the rest is bounded by the Chandore range of hills on 

 the north, and by the Nizam's territories on the east and S. E. 



Ahmednuggur has an area of 9910 square miles ; it contains 6G6,376 

 inhabitants, dispersed in 2465 towns and villages, averaging 263-47 in* 

 habitants to a village, (exclusively of the population of Ahmednuggur); 

 €7-24 inhabitants to a square mile ; 136,273 houses and 4-89 inhabitants 

 to a house*. 



Ahmedruggur is divided into 14 talooks, 36 pergunnahs, and 51 (ur- 

 ruffs, Tal ook Ahmednuggru" contains 157 towns and villages, Kurdeh 

 1/2, Sungumnair 226, Akoleh 194, Newassa 359, Nasseek 280, Sinnur 

 lo;, Chandwur 153, Patodeh 255, Wun Dindooree 1/5, Bai-see 124, Kur- 

 mulleh 82, Jamkheir 90, and Kortee 115. The total of these is 24^8, 

 instead of 2465 j the difference originates in 23 depopulated villages 

 being included. Of the above, 43 towns and 1858| villages belong to 

 the British ; in 27 towns and 554$ villages the British government has a 

 quit rent, these villages being called Doomaleh,t alienated. Only one 

 village in free gift was returned to me, and one toun and three villages 

 in military or f-udal tenure ; bat tha villages in free gift (Eenam) are 

 included in the Doomaleh villages. 



The chief town is Ahmednuggur, with a population of 17,833 souls in 

 1822: men 5953, boys 3350, total males 9303; women 5976, girls 2559, 

 total 8535. The other chief towns are Kurdeh, Nasseek, Chandore, 

 Sungumnair, Parnair, &c. ; but their population I cannot state, as the 

 total amount of the population of pergunnahs only was sent to me by 

 the collector|:. The most populous pergunnah would appear to be Nas- 

 seek, containing 71,581 inhabitants. The least populous pergunnah was 

 Soagaon, containing only 9400 inhabitants. 



Rivers. — The rivers running through the collectorate are formed by- 

 numerous streams originating in the Ghats and Chandore range, — such 

 as the Peera, the Mool, the Doornah, and the Gooee, which converge to 

 that noble stream the Godavery, which also has its rise in this collecto- 

 rate, near Trimbuck, and flows to the eastward to the Bay of Bengal. 



* This retmn is for 16 pergunnahs only. 



t The proper meaning of Doomaleh is " two properties," the chief part of the re- 

 venue being alienated, but the government having a quit rent. 



% The population returns forwarded by me not having been filled up, in consequence 

 j of a census of the population having been made by the collector himself within three 

 ; years preceding. 



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