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212 NARIAD TOWN-NARKHER. 224 square miles. Population (1872) 151,483; (1881) 162,256, namely, 85,899 males and 76,357 females, dwelling in 2 towns and 91 villages, containing 39,256 houses. Hindus numbered 142,265; Muhammadans, 18,712 ; and others,' 1279. Of the total area of 224 square miles, seven are occupied by lands of alienated villages. The remainder contains 121,359 acres, or 37.8 per cent., of occupied land ; 2675 acres of cultivable waste; 7034 acres of uncultivable waste ; and 7183 acres of roads, rivers, ponds, and village sites. In 1 24,034 acres, the area of occupied land and cultivable waste, there are 66,791 acres of alienated lands in Government villages. The Subdivision was surveyed and settled in 1865-66. There were then 20,628 holdings, with an average area of 6 acres, and an average rental of £ 1, 155. 1 d. The total area of cultivated land in 1876 was 49,056 acres, mostly under grains (bájra, rice, millets, and wheat); 199 acres were under cotton. In 1883, the land revenue was £35,144. The Sub-division contains I civil and 4 criminal courts; police circles (thánás), 2 ; regular police, 100 men ; village watch (chaukidirs), 693. Nariád.—Chief town of the Nariád Sub-division of Kaira District, Bombay Presidency, and a station on the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway; situated 29 miles south-east of Ahmadábád. Lat. 22° 40' 45' N., long. 72° 55' 20" E. Population (1881) 28,304, namely, 14,773 males and 13,531 females. Hindus numbered 23,978; Muhammadans, 4028 ; Jains, 218; Pársís, 52; and Christians, 28. Nariád is a municipality; income (1883–84), £1932; incidence of taxation, Is. 2 d. per head of population. Small cause court, subjudge's court, post-office, and dispensary. The head-quarters of the chief revenue and police officers of the Sub-clivision. The town is the centre of the extensive tobacco and ghi trade of Kaira District, and contains a cotton mill. There is also a Government model experimental farm. Including the High School, there were in 1883-84 eight schools with 1921 scholars. Nárikelbáriá.–Village in Jessor District, Bengal; situated on the Chitrá river, 6 miles from Bághapárá. One of the seats of the Jessor sugar trade. Narishá. — Town in Dacca District, Bengal. Lat. 23° 33' 45" N., long. 90° 10' 45' E. Population (1981) 6377, namely, males 2898, and females 3479. Narkher.—Town in Nagpur District, Central Provinces ; 52 miles from Nagpur city, on the Betúl road. Population (1881) 7061, chicsly agricultural. Hindus numbered 6498; Muhammadans, 457; Jains, 82 ; and aboriginal tribes, 24. Narkher has a good marketplacc, school, and police buildings, and the river is embanked with masonry. The place is surrounded by beautiful groves, but is reckoned unhcalthy.