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194 NANDURBAR SUB-DIVISION AND TOILY. long. 76° 32' E. ; 324 miles from Bombay. Population (1881) 6743, namely, 5660 Hindus, 985 Musalmáns, 85 Jains, 7 Sikhs, 5 Pársis, and i Christian. The Dayángangá river divides Nándúra Buzurg (Great Nándúra) from Nándúra Khurd (Little Nándúra). It is said that Nándúra, then only a small village, was resorted to by some dyers about 100 years ago, to escape from the oppression of a deshmukh named Fakirchand; but more probably, when Mahádáji Sindhia plundered the parganá of Pimpalgaon Rájá in 1790 A.D., on his way to Poona from the expedition against Ghulam Kadir Beg of Delhi, many refugees settled here. Since the establishment of a railway station, the weekly market has become perhaps the most important in the District; the sales on market days amount to about £2500. Staple commodities—cotton, corn, cattle, and cloth. The Dayángangá supplies water except in the hot season, when it is obtained from wells. Nándúra contains 2 Government schools, one of which is for Muhammadans, a sub-registrar's office, post-office, rest-house, dispensary, and police station. Nandurbár.–Sub-division of Khandesh District, Bombay Presi dency. Area, 674 square miles, containing i town and 195 villages. Population (1872) 45,285; (1881) 62,866, namely, 31,772 males and 31,094 females. Hindus numbered 32,457; Muhammadans, 3328; and others,' 27,081. Land revenue (1883), £18,175. This Sub-division, acquired by the British in 1818, is bounded on the north by the Tápti; on the east by Virdel; on the south-west by Pimpalner; and on the west by Baroda territory. The water supply of the region is scanty, the streams of only the Tápti and the Siva lasting throughout the year. Average rainfall, 29 inches. In 1861-62, the year of the survey settlement, there were 2.447 holdings with an average rental of 44, 4S. I d., and an average area of 29 acres; incidence of land-tax per head, about gs. 2d. In 1878, 108,113 acres were actually under tillage, and of these grain crops occupied 74,736 acres, of which 30,413 were under bájra and 21,864 under whent; pulses occupied 11,715 acres; oil-secds, 10,501 acres, of which 7850 were under gingelly; fibres, 9412 acres, of which 9012 were under cotton ; and miscellaneous crops, 1749 acres, of which 1224 were under chillies. Imports are salt, cocoa-nuts, and spices. Nandurbár.-Chief town, and municipality, of the Nandurbar Subdivision, Khándesh District, Bombay Presidency; situated 32 miles north-west of Dhulis, in lat. 21° 23' 10" N., and long. 74° 18' 45" E. Population (1881) 6841. Hindus number 50.44; Muhammadans, 1428 ; Jains, 4; and others,' 365. Municipal income (1883-84), £395; incidence of municipal taxation, is. Sub-judge's court, postoffice, and dispensary; number of patients, 5099 in 1883. Formerly Nandurbár carried on a considerable trade with Surat, but a large