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Administrative tables collected from the different districts concerning castes. Handwritten and compiled in local languages with some English.

Handmade notebook of tables of castes in districts of Upper India, pasted to the front of which is an Urdu letter to Elliot from Chuni Lal, dated January 1825.

Various tables and notes in an undeciphered Indic script, possibly Persian or Urdu, concerning information on the castes and communities of the Agra district.

Various documents concerning the district of Allahabad, some unbound and others loosely tied. Written in various languages, possibly Urdu, Persian and Hindi.

One manuscript table showing the castes of Zamindars and extent of holdings in the Parganas (administrative units) of Budaun (Bada'on), Azampur and Azamabad, with seals of local Tahsildars (tax inspectors) and Qanungos (local, hereditary registrars of landed property). Written in Arabic script, probably Persian or Urdu. Simon Digby notes that it was probably compiled for Henry Miers Elliot.

One loosely tied item of eleven, handwritten pages, describing the towns in the Pargana (administrative unit) of Azamgarh, with numbers of houses and religions comprising the population. Simon Digby notes that it was probably for an unpublished Gazetteer.

Manuscripts containing census information on the castes of Zamindars (local hereditary lords and land holders) in the Azamgarh (Azangurh) Pargana. Letters, notes and tables written in Urdu, with one printed page in English, on the reverse of which is written 'Persian'.

Handwritten account in Persian of the castes of Zamindars in the Pargana (administrative unit) of Nirun, Varanasi (Benares) District, followed by an account of the caste of Gautam, Raja of Benares. Booklet consisting of five loose pages. Simon Digby notes that it may have been produced c.1825, and come into Elliot's possession.

Three items, two of which consist of multiple, loosely tied papers and the other appearing to be a label, all in Arabic script, probably Persian or Urdu. Caste and community census information on local Zamindars from the Varanasi (Benares) District.

Individual and some loosely tied papers regarding Bundelkhand, from an 1844 survey, and including the Zilas (administrative units) of Hamirpur, Kalpi, and one other noted in Arabic script. All papers in Arabic script, probably Persian or Urdu, with some notes in Devanagari script.