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NARSINGAPUR STATE-NARSIPUR. 225 head of town population. The chief Government buildings are the courts and offices of tlic Deputy Commissioner and the police superintendent. The town has also a jail, a dispensary, a travellers bungalow, and a native travellers' rest-house ; besides a post office, welltended District school, two private schools, and a police school. Narsinghpur.-Native State of Orissa, Bengal, lying between 20° 24' and 20° 37' n. lat., and between 85° and 85° 16' 15" E. long. Bounded on the north by a range of forest-clad mountains, which separate it from Angul and Hindol; on the east by Barambá; on the south and southwest by the Mahanadi river; and on the west by Angul. Area, 199 square miles, with 191 villages, and a total population (1881) of 32,583 souls, namely, males 16,378, and females 16,205. Hindus number 32,473, and Muhammadans 110. There is a sprinkling of aboriginal Kandhs and Taálas in the State, but their numbers are included in the general Hindu population, and they are not shown separately. The principal seat of local commerce is Kanpur, with bi-weekly markets, and trade in grain, cotton, oil-seeds, and sugar-cane. The State was founded about 300 years ago by a Rajput, who slew the former chief. It yields a yearly revenue of £1600, and pays a tribute of £145 to the British Government. The State contains several schools; the Raja's militia consists of a force of 583 men, and the police is 196 strong Narsinghpur. — Principal village of Narsinghpur State, Orissa, Bengal, and the residence of the Rájá. Lat. 20° 28' N., long. 85° 7' I" E. Narsipur.— Túluk in Hassan District, Mysore State Area, 476 square miles, of which 37 are cultivated. Population (1871) 42,345; (1881) 32,117, namely, 15,518 males and 16,599 females. Hindus number 31,268; Muhammadans, 842; and Christians, 7. Land revenue (1881-82), exclusive of water rates, £5380, or 4s. 5d. per cultivated acre. Expenditure on internal tóluk administration for 1881-82, £765. Watered by the Hemavati, and by the irrigation channels drawn off from that river. In 1883 the túluk contained 2 criminal courts ; police circles (thánás), 7; regular police, 61 men; village watch (chaukidárs), 453. Total revenue, £14,763. Narsipur (known as Hole Narsipur, to distinguish it from Tirumakúdalu Narsipur).-Town in Hassan District, Mysore State ; situated in lat. 12° 47' N., and long. 76° 16' 40" E., on the right bank of the Hemavati river, 21 miles south-east of Hassan town; head-quarters of the Narsipur túluk. Population (1881) 4647. The fort was built in 1168 by a local chief called Narasinha Nayak, and annexed to Mysore in 1667. It is the residence of the guru of the Madhava Bráhmans of the Uttaráji branch. Flourishing manufactures of cotton cloth and gunny bags. VOL. X