Mathura A Gazetteer-14
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MATHURA A GAZETTEER,
edited and compiled by, D.L. DRAKE-BROCKMAN [1911]
DIRECTORY
JAIT, Tahsil MUTTRA
Jait lies on the provincial road from Muttra to Dehli, in 27°35'N. and 77°38'E., at a distance of nine miles from Muttra. Unmetalled roads lead from it to Shergarh, Brindaban, Ral and Sahar. The village has a total area of 3,569 acres and is assessed to a demand of Re. 4,419, the proprietor being Kunwar Sarat Chandra Sen, the heir of the Lala Babu, to whom the proprietary rights were transferred in 1811 A.D. for a very small considera tion. The population in 1881 numbered 1,512 souls; but in 1901 the number had risen to 2,291, of whom 2,145 were Hindus, 120 Musalmans and 26 of other religions. The predominant Hindu caste is that of Rajputs, who are for the most part of the Kachh waha clan, the clan of Raja Jasraj of Kotah, the founder of the village. Until 1808 the village was included in the pargana of Sonsa and formed part of the jagir granted to Balla Bai, the wife of Daulat Rao Sindhia: it was resumed in that year. Jait possesses a police station, post-office, cattle-pound and an aided school.
JALESAR ROAD RAILWAY STATION, Tahsil SADABAD. Vide MANIKPIIR.
JARAU, Tahsil SADABAD
This is a large agricultural village lying in 27°21'N. and 78°4'E., two miles east of the metalled road which runs past Sadabad to Agra, at a distance of seven miles from Sadabad. In 1881 it had a population of 2,123 souls, but this number had risen in 1901 to 2,635, 2,484 being Hindus, 148 Musal mans and three persons of other religions. The village is said to have been founded in the fourteenth century by Dip Singh, a Chauhan Rajput from Baman; but, besides his decendants, Brahmans and Banias now own shares in the village. The total area of the estate is 3,221 acres; it is assessed to a reve nue demand of Rs. 7,686. Market is held every Monday and Friday.
JAWARA, Tahsil MAT
Jawara is a large village nearly four miles due east of Mat in 27°38'N. and 77°47'E. The village has an area of 4,295 acres and is assessed to a revenue of Rs. 11,468, the zamindars being a mixed community of Jats, the original proprietors, Banias, Brahmans and Bairagis. The old name of the place was Jhunagarh; and here is situated the sacred grove of Chandraban, named after the sakhi, Chandravati, and a Bairagi's cell under the tutelage of Balmakund. The trees in the grove are pilu, babul and pasendu, with a few large and venerable kadambs. Jawara possesses a primary school, and market is held every Monday and Friday in Nagla Bari, a hamlet of the village. Fairs are held in the village on the second and third day of the Holi festival, and there is a dargah of Mir Sahib Sheikh Saddu where people assemble every Wednesday and Saturday. The population has increased from 4,066 souls in 1881 to 4,631 souls in 1901, 4,361 being Hindus, 258 Musalmans and 12 of other religions. Jats are the numerically strongest caste, and at the Mutiny a pitched battle was fought between these Jats and those of Aira Khera, in which as many as 450 lives are said to have been lost.
JHUNDAWAI, Tahsil MUTTRA
Jhundawai lies in the extreme south of the district in. 27°15'N. and 77°42'E., close to the Agra canal; it is sixteen miles distant in a direct line from the civil station of Muttra. It is a large village with an area of 2,990 acres and is assessed to a demand of Rs. 5,771, the zamindars being partly Jats and partly Kashmiri Brahmans, represented by Pandit Bishambar Nath. The place contains a primary school, but is otherwise one of no importance, and the population has somewhat decreased; for in 1881 there were 3,347 inhabitants whereas in 1901 the number had fallen to 3,039, of whom 2,861 were Hindus, 168 were Musal mans and 10 of other religions.