5. Occupation.
Agriculture and the service of the village headman are the traditional occupations of Kirārs. In Nāgpur they are considered to be very good cultivators, but they have no special reputation in the northern Districts. About a thousand of them are landowners, and the large majority are tenants. They grow garden crops and sugarcane, but abstain from the cultivation of hemp.
[1] Compiled from papers by Mr. Mūlchand, Deputy Inspector of Schools, Betūl; Mr. Shams-ul-Husain, Tahsīldār, Sohāgpur; Mr. Kalyān Chand, Manager, Court of Wards, Betūl; and Kanhya Lāl, clerk in the Gazetteer Office.
[2] Hoshangābād Settlement Report (1867), p. 60.
[3] History of the Sikhs, p. 15, footnote.
[4] Ibbetson’s Census Report (1881), p. 297.
[5] Nāgpur Settlement Report, p. 24.