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 BARELI—BAR GARH.

148

The

the town was noted for the manufacture of gun-barrels.

1857,

present Thakurs of Barela obtained 14 villages in taluk Pendwdr, for good service, from Raja Seoraj Sah of Garha Mandla.

—

Bareli.

District

and

North-Western

town,

Provinces.

— See

Bareilly.

Barenda

(or Broajig).

— Mountain

pass in Bashahr State, Punjab,

over the southernmost range of the Himalayas. 78° 12'

Lat.

Reached by proceeding up the Pabar

E.

Elevation above sea-level, 15,095 feet. Bareng. Valley and pargand in Kashmir State.

source.

—

—

— —

31° 23' N., long.

river nearly to

its

— See Bhareng.

Barengi. River of Kashmir State. See Bharexgi. Baretha. Town in Faizabad District, Oudh, on the banks of the Gogra (Ghagra) river, on the road from Faizabad to Ajodhya. Said to have been founded by Rama’s washerman, Baretha. Population

(1881)

Vishnu vites

4133,

namely,

Hindus, 3885, of

Muhammadans, 248





997

whom three-fifths are Many Vishnuvite

houses.

temples.

Barga. across

— Hill

the

pass in the north of Bashahr State, Punjab, leading Lat. 31°

Himalayas.

16' n.,

long.

78° 19' e.

It is

the

lowest of three passes which occur at this point within the space of little

more than a

mile,

and has probably not a greater elevation than

15,000 feet above the sea. Bargarh. Tahsil or Sub-division of Sambalpur District, Central

—

Area of Government land, 765 square miles, of which Total cultivated 739 square miles are assessed for land revenue. area, 257 square miles; cultivable, 23 square miles; uncultivable Provinces.

waste,

459 square

miles.

Population (1881) 194,116, of

whom

70,136

are returned as adult agriculturists, cultivating an average of 3 acres Total Government revenue, including local rates and cesses each.

levied on land, ;^62 36,

or an average of g^^d. per cultivated acre.

The

10 large zaminddri or private estates, com-

tahsil also comprises

The figures given above, an area of 1998 square miles. however, refer only to the Government area of 765 square miles. The

prising

and 3 criminal courts, with 3 police stations and 10 outpost stations; strength of regular police, 118 men; village watchmen {chaukiddis), 669. The tahsil is highly cultivated, except in the north-west corner, where the country becomes hilly. The Bara Pahar hills, covered with thick forest, run from west to north tahsil contains 2 civil

(thdnds)

about 26 miles, with a breadth of about 6 miles. formed a rebel stronghold during the Mutiny of 1857-58. The Gond fort of Debrigarh, situated on the highest peak of the range, is a curious old structure, built of massive blocks of granite piled one on the top of the other. The principal river is the Jira, a tributary of the

for a distance of

These

hills

Mahanadi.

The

total

population of the entire tract in 1881 numbered