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== Economic and Administrative Records == | == Economic and Administrative Records == | ||
=== Pergunnah Sidhooha Jobna (land, crops, exports) === | |||
Pergunnah Sidhooas Jobna, including Tamkuhi Raj, covered 61 km by 31 km with 1,282 villages and 592,338 acres. Its economy thrived on sugarcane, rice, indigo, and poppy, with exports via Gunduck River marts. The '''Raja of Tamkuhi was the''' '''largest proprietor,''' supported by collateral zamindars and local industries. | |||
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|+Key Entities and Features (as recorded in the Gorakhpur District Gazetteer) | |||
!Category | |||
!Entity / Name | |||
!Description / Notes | |||
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|Administrative Division | |||
|Pergunnah Sidhooas Jobna | |||
|22 tuppeahs, 1,282 villages, 592,338 acres; bounded by Tilpore, Chumparun, Gorakhpur, and Sarun; approx. 61 km in length and 31 km in breadth | |||
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|Major Rivers | |||
|Great and Little Gunduck; Jhurwee Nudddee | |||
|Provided irrigation and trade routes | |||
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|Chief Marts | |||
|Tewarce Puttoe, Sabhingh | |||
|Export centers for sugar, saltpetre, and indigo | |||
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|Industrial Sites | |||
|Bullowlee Indigo Factory | |||
|Produced indigo; seers weighed 34–100 Company rupees | |||
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|Main Crops | |||
|Sugarcane, rice, indigo, poppy, grains | |||
|Staple agricultural products of the region | |||
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|Local Manufacture | |||
|Kothee cloth | |||
|Cotton cloth made from local fiber | |||
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|Principal Villages | |||
|Kasseya, Purrowna, Nimboosa | |||
|Economic and administrative hubs | |||
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|Largest Proprietor | |||
|Raja of Tamkuhi | |||
|Senior zamindar; held Talooqua Bank Jogsee and forest grants | |||
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|Other Proprietors | |||
|Rae of Purrowna, Baboo Sewram Saloo, Birjumloo Gobind Rae, Mohun Singh, Nursung Singh, Hunman Saloo | |||
|Collateral zamindars and estate holders | |||
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|Estates Count | |||
|45 whole estates, 117 partial estates | |||
|Under British revenue system | |||
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|Education | |||
|30 lulkabundee schools, 1 tehsili school | |||
|Basic education infrastructure | |||
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|Population Density | |||
|~430 per square mile | |||
|Reflects agrarian settlement pattern | |||
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|Land Measurement | |||
|19½ inches = 1 cubit; 6 cubits = 1 latta; 1 beegah = 4 biswah; 8 doons = 1 acre | |||
|Traditional local land units | |||
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[[File:EconomicsOfTamkuhiRaj.png|center|thumb|785x785px|Economics of Tamkuhi Raj]] | |||