Punjab State Gazetteers Volume VIIA Kalsia State 1904

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2Kareta Starz. ] Religion. Amusements. (Pan? A.

3The Malis and Sainis are excellent cultivators, capable of ob-

4taining good results from small holdings. The Jats of the State are

5not, #8 cultivators, the best of their kind. The Ra}puts and Gujars

6are, as elsewhere, lazy and tbriftless. The village proprietary

7bodies are—

8(1). Jats and Jat Sikhs, (6). Kamboh.

9(2). Rajputs. (7). Rawat.

10(3). Gujars. (8), Pathans.,

11(4). Arain. (9). Brahmin.

12(5). Saini. (10). Dogars.

13The gazetted agricultural tribes in the State are the same ag

14in the Ambala district. More than half the cultivated area is

15tilled by the owners. |

16Most of the Jagirdars belong to the Sindhu Jat class, of which

17there are some 792 persons. Minor Jagirs are also held by per-

18sons of other castes. The rules relating to the tenure of Jagirs

19are given in Chapter ITI, C. under the head Land Revenue.

20Religious statistics are given in Table 16. No Christian

21Mission work is carried on within the State.

22Table 17 shows, from data derived from the Census Report of

231901, the various occupations found in the State.

24CHAP. 1,¢.

25Popabation”

26Races, etc.

27Religions.

28Occupation.

29There are no very distinctive industries. A little brass-work |

30is made in Chachrauli, similar to that in Jagadhri.

31There are 8,287 Julahas, workers in cotton, etc. They form

32the largest industrial community in the State. For the rest, the

33towns have a small contingent of Suniars, Mochis, Lohars, Tar-

34khans, etc., whose work is similar to that of their brethren else-

35where.

36With regard to the food, dress, dwellings and household

37furniture of the people there is nothing to distinguish them from

38their neighbours in the Ambala district. A full description is given

39in the Ambala Gazetteer.

40The amusements of the people are of the usual kind and require

41only casual notice. Nautches and Naqls are performed on great

42occasions ; in the city, chess and cards are played, and the profes-

43sional story-teller pursues his vocation.

44Among the children, kite-flying, hide-and-seek and tip-cat are

45favourite games.

46There are few religious fairs of any importance in the State.

47Every year in the month of Baisakh a fair known as Mari is held

48in Chirak. Jt is held in honor of Lachman Sidh and is attended

49chiefly by Jats. A fair isalso held every year at Chachrauli on

50the 7th Poh Sndi. This fair, which lasts two days, commemorates

51the birthday of Guru Gobind Singh, and is largely attended

52by Sikhs. On the occasion of this fair the Granth Sahib is.

53Amuse.

54ments.