Mathura A Gazetteer-18
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MATHURA A GAZETTEER,
edited and compiled by, D.L. DRAKE-BROCKMAN [1911]
DIRECTORY
OL, Tahsil MUTTRA.
O1 is situated in 27°18N. and 77°38'E., and is distant 16 miles in a direct line south from Muttra. It is connected with Farah, eight miles to the east, by an unmetalled road. The place is an old one, by tradition as old as Krishna, and, from the days of Akbar till the time of the Jat supremacy under Suraj Mal, it gave its name to a mahal or pargana. The population increased from 3,123 persons in 1881 to 4,253 persons in 1901. Of the latter number 2,385 were Hindus and 1,868 were Muhammadan, Sheikhs being the predominant caste or subdivision. O1 contains a police station, pound, primary school and post-office. The village has a total area of 3,312 acres and is assessed to a demand of Rs.4,516, the zamindars being Sheikhs, Saiyids and Brahmans.