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 BAEGARH—BARHA. composed

149

an industrious agricultural class Ladras or carriers Gaurs or herdsmen and aboriginal Gonds. Chief crops rice, sugar-cane, oil-seeds, and pulses. Cotton is also grown to a slight extent. Nine villages contain upwards of 1000 inhabitants. Manufacture of brass work at the village of Kadhobahal. Boys’ schools are located in 13 villages, with an 396,138,

who own most

chiefly of Kultas,

of the soil





—



average attendance of 61

pupils; girls’ schools at Bargarh. Three 1 main lines of road intersect the tahsil. Bargarh. Town in Sambalpur District, Central Provinces, and head-quarters of Bargarh ta/isU, situated on the Raipur road, 26 miles west of Sambalpur town, in lat. 21° 21' 15" n., long. 83° 43' 15" E.

—

Population (1881) 1609, chiefly agriculturists. Besides the Sub-divisional Court-house, the village contains a charitable dispensary, police station with the head-quarters of an inspector, boys’ and

schools, and Weekly market held on Fridays attended by inhabitants from most of the neighbouring villages. Native cloths and food-grains are the chief articles

money order and

with

post-office

savings

girls’

bank.

sold.

— Sub-division of Patna

District, Bengal, lying between 25° 10' and between 85° 13' and 86° 6' 15" e. long. area, 526 square miles, with 1121 villages, and 54,459 occupied houses; population (1881) 376,074, namely, 345,520 Hindus (or 91 '9 per cent, of the population), 30,463 Muhammadans, 73 Christians, and 18

Barh. and 25°

34' 30" N.

lat.,



‘others’; average density of the population, 715 per square mile; villages

per square mile, 2'i3

335

—per



houses per square mile,

The

house, 6'p.

(police circles) of Fatwa,

1 18 persons per village, comprises the three thdnds

Sub-division

Bdrh,

and Mukama.

In 1881-82

it

con-

tained one magisterial court, a general police force of 183 men, and a village watch of 687 men. The total separate cost of Sub-divisional administration in that year was returned at of the cultivated area

is

^1274.

The

greater part

under food-grains, other staples being grown

only to a small extent.

Barh.

—Town

85° 45' 12"

2807

in

Patna

District, Bengal.

29' 10" N., long.

Lat 25°

Population (1881) 14,689, namely, 11,874 Hindus, Muhammadans, and 8 Christians. Situated on the Ganges, E.

with a station on the East Indian Railway, 299 miles from Calcutta, Barh carries on a considerable trade in country produce. Municipal

income

in 1881,

Barha. pur


 * ^554

— Large •

District,

Central

Hindus, 2306; aboriginal in jdgir,

cultivated,

tribes,

by the



expenditure,

^725.

agricultural village in

Provinces.

Kabfrpanthfs, 2; 179.

The

notorious

Pindari is

tahsil,

Narsingh-

(i88r) 2691, namely,

Muhammadans, 164;

village

and cotton-weaving

Gadarwara

Population

Jains, 40; was formerly held, apparently chief,

carried

Chitu.

on to some

Sugar-cane extent.

is

Barha