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NAVARAJPAT.1A-NANPARA. 197 Nanjangad with Mysore by railway, and the line is now being surveyed. Nanjarájpatná.— Tiíluk or Sub-division of Coorg, South India. Area, 264 square miles; number of villages, 122; number of houses, 4909. Population (1881) 26,984, namely; 26,018 Hindus, 801 Muhammadans, + Jains, and 161 Christians. Included among the Hindus are 5383 native Coorgs. Nanjarájpatná occupies the northcast of Coorg, and is bounded on the east by the Kaveri (Cauvery) river. Teak and sandalwood are found in the jungles. In the open country towards the Kiveri, dry grains, such as rugi, ature, and taruri, are cultivated, and also gran, coriander, and a little tobacco. Some fine coffee estates have been opened out near Jambur and Sonwarpet on the Merkára-Kodlipet road. Head-quarters of tóluk, Fraserpet. Nannilam. - Téluk or Sub-division of Tanjore District, Madras Presidency. Area, 279 square miles. Population (1881) 220,202, namely, 104,052 males and 116,150 females, dwelling in 397 villages, and occupying 41, 143 houses. Hindus numbered 202,317; Muhamniadans, 11,877; Christians, 5967; and others,' 41. In 1883, the túluk contained i civil and 2 criminal courts; police circles, 7; and regular police, 70 men. Land revenue, £75,886. The head-quarters of the túluk is at the village of Vannilam, about 15 miles north-west of Negapatan. Population (1881) 2851. Nánpárá. — Tahsil or Sub-division of Bahraich District, Oudh; situated between 27° 39' and 28° 24' N. lat., and between 81° 5' and 81° 52' 1. long. Bounded on the north and east by the State of Nepál, on the south by Bahraich and Kaisarganj tahsils, and on the west by Nighásan tahsil. Area, 1037 square miles, of which 449 are under cultivation. Population (1872) 239,459 ; (1881) 270,721, namely, males 141,999, and females 128,722; total increase since 1872, 31,262, or 13'1 per cent in nine years; average density of population, 261 persons per square mile. Classified according to religion, there were in 1881—Hindus, 219,810; Muhammadans, 50,549; and others,' 362. Number of towns and villages, 547, of which 350 contained in 1881 less than 5oo inhabitants. This tahsil comprises the 3 pargands of Nánpárá, Charda, and Dharmánpur, and a considerable portion of it is covered with Government reserved forests. Revenue of the tahsil, £33,429. In 1884, Nánpárá contained i civil and 3 criminal courts; 5 police circles (thánis); a regular police force of so men, and 762 village chaukidúrs. Nánpára. — Parganó in Bahraich District, Oudh; bounded on the north by Nepál, on the east by Charda, on the south by Bahraich, and on the west by Dharınánpur and the Gogra river. Area, 523 square miles; extreme length, 38 miles; breadth, 24 miles. The eastern