==============+======= Districts. |Number. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~ Dehra Dûn | 98 Sahâranpur | 4,151 Muzaffarnagar | 1,797 Meerut | 1,733 Bulandshahr | 11 Aligarh | 211 Mathura | 52 Agra | 118 Farrukhâbâd | 360 Mainpuri | 153 Etâwah | 209 Etah | 408 Bareilly | 1,813 Bijnor | 162 Budâun | 788 Morâdâbâd | 315 Shâhjahânpur | 666 Pilibhît | 472 Cawnpur | 149 Fatehpur | 289 Bânda | 250 Hamîrpur | 121 Allahâbâd | 1,998 Jhânsi | 21 Jâlaun | 83 Lalitpur | ... Benares | 2,012 Mirzapur | 1,739 Jaunpur | 2,442 Ghâzipur | 652 Ballia | 439 Gorakhpur | 2,205 Basti | 2,416 Azamgarh | 1,189 Tarâi | 216 Lucknow | 378 Unâo | 355 Râê Bareli | 882 Sîtapur | 677 Hardoi | 287 Kheri | 90 Faizâbâd | 1,934 Gonda | 2,214 Bahrâich | 1,770 Sultânpur | 1,836 Partâbgarh | ... Bârabanki | 1,335 +~~~~~~~ Total |42,075 ==============+======= Dalera. [275]—A tribe of basket-makers, day-labourers, and thieves found in Bareilly and the Tarâi. The name is derived from the Hindi daliya, “a basket.” A common half humourous derivation is from diler, “venturesome.” According to the tribal tradition a Bargûjar Thâkur once violated a Kahâr woman and was excommunicated. His descendants are the present Daleras. They are supposed to be closely allied both to Khâgis and Mallâhs. Their head-quarters in Bareilly are at the village of Ginganwa, in Tahsîl Aonla. They are also found at Munjkhera, in the Bulandshahr District. They have no distinct traditions regarding their place of origin, except that they came from somewhere in the South about a hundred years ago. The Bareilly story is that they were driven from Meerut and Bulandshahr by a famine. 2. Their sections, of which the last Census Returns enumerate forty-four, do not throw much light on their origin. Many are derived from well-known tribes, as Bais, Barai, Bargûjar, Chauhân, Chiryamâr, Gurkha, Jâdubansi, Kânhpuriya, Mallâh. [Marriage rules.] 3. Some of these are perhaps of totemistic origin, such as the Sirisiya of Bareilly, who will not cut or injure the siris tree (acacia sirisa). Their marriages are carried out according to the standard ritual in force among the higher Hindu castes.