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BAXSGA OX—BAXSr

lOO

Lake, and 8 miles south of the Gogra (Ghagra).

Population (i88i)

A small 9617, namely, 9007 Hindus and 610 Muhammadans. municipal revenue for police and conservancy purposes is raised under the

provisions of the Chauki'dari Act (xx of 1856).

station.

Tahsiii

police

—

Bansgaon. Tahs'tl or Sub-division of Gorakhpur District, NorthWestern Provinces, lying between the Rapti and the Gogra (Ghagra). Area, 616 square miles, of which 398 are cultivated population (1881)

422,858; land revenue, ^^23,113; total revenue, ^^26,071; rental The iahsil contains i civil and i paid by cultivators, criminal

with 6

court,

men;

police stations {thdnds)

strength of regular



watchmen {chaukiddrs), 580. Bansgaon. Town in Gorakhpur District, North-Western Provinces, and head-quarters of Bansgaon tahs'tl, 19 miles south of Gorakhpur police, 81

village

—

Population in 1872, 3069; in 1881, 5873, namely, 5384 Hindus, and 4 ‘others.’ The town or village is composed iMuhammadans, 485 of 10 hamlets, the land around being held by a number of proprietors, some of whose holdings are so small as to be barely sufficient to Owing probably to the nearness of Gorakhpur support existence. town.

town, into which the villagers

A

local trade.

weekly market

carrj' their is

September-October. Tahs'iVt, police school, and rest-house (dharmsdla). in

mosque.

Bansgaon.

— Agricultural

grain for sale, there

is

little

held ever)’ Friday, and an annual

village

fair

Government Hindu temples, and one

station, post-office.

Two

in

Gorakhpur

District,

North-

Western Provinces, situated 64 miles by road east of Gorakhpur town. Said to have been founded by Bhuinhars from the south, and still

many Bhui'nhar inhabitants. Village school. Bansgaon. Town in Purniah District, Bengal. Population (1881) 6158, namely, Muhammadans, 3413, and Hindus, 2745. Area of town

containing

—

8613 Bansi.

site,

acres.

—Village

Chief place of an in Udaipur State, Rajputana. same name, and the residence of a first-class noble of the who owns 56 villages.

estate of the State,

—

Tahs’tl of Basti District, North-Western Provinces, lying Bansi. Area, 609 square miles, along the river Rapti on the Nepal border. population cultivated are (1881) 338,839 land revenue, of which 426

^24.376; I

total revenue,


 * ^24,989.

The

tahs'tl

criminal court, with 6 police stations {thduds)

police,

64

men



village

—Town

watchmen

(chatik’tddrs),

contains

i

civil

and

strength of regular

440.

North-Western Provinces, and head-quarters of Bansi tahs'tl, situated on the right or south bank of Population under the Rapti, 32 miles north-north-east of Bansi town. The place is rather an overgrown village than a town. five thousand.

Bansi

in

Gorakhpur

District,