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 BARPALI—BARRA CKPUR.

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— Estate

Barpali. 86

zaminddri attached to Sambalpur

or

villages,



three-fourths are cultivated.

The whole

zatn'mddri

is

richly cultivated tract, yielding a revenue of

^830

pays a tribute of ^<)o to the Government.

The

numbered

District,

24 miles south-west of the town of Sambalpur, with and an area of about 180 square miles, of which not quite

Central Provinces

a

open, and

flat,

to the chief,

who

population in 1881

29,163, the prevailing castes being Kultas or agriculturists,

—

and Bhulias or weavers. Chief products rice, manufactures coarse cloth, cotton, oil-seeds, pulses, and sugar-cane The estate was granted about 1620 by tasar silk, and brass vessels. Ratan Singh, the sixth Raja of Sambalpur, to his brother Bikram and it has since descended in the Singh, on a rent-free tenure Ladras or

carriers,

—





regular line of succession to the present zam'mddr,

now

(1883) a well-

man of about 30 years of age. Town in Sambalpur District, Central

educated young Barpali.

—

quarters of Barpali estate, situated in

45"

E.

dans, 72

lat.

Provinces, and head21° ii' n., long. 83° 37'

Muhamma-

Population (1881) 4125, namely, Hindus, 4023;

and aboriginal

tribes, 30.

The

woven here

tasar silk cloth

holds a high reputation in the surrounding country. The chief, who an honorary magistrate, holds his court in Barpali town. Anglo-

is

vernacular school.

Barpeta.

— Sub-division

in the north-west of

Kamrup

District,

Assam.

Area, 206 square miles; population (1881) 133,030, namely, Hindus, 127,738; Muhammadans, 5283; and ‘others,’ 9; number of villages,

The Sub-division, which 612; number of occupied houses, 27,172. was constituted in March 1841, consists of the two police circles It contained, in 1883, 2 civil and {thdnds) of Barpeta and Bajali. 2 criminal courts, with a regular police force of 36 men. Barpeta. Chief town of Barpeta Sub-division, in the north of Kamrup District, Assam on the Chaul-Khoya river, a tributary of

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Lat. 26° 19' 45" n., long. 91° 3' 20"

the Brahmaputra.

E.



population

(1881), with surrounding villages, 13,758, namely, Hindus, 13,702, and Muhammadans, 56. There is a considerable river-borne trade in rice, oil-seeds, cotton,

caoutchouc,

etc.

— Sub-division of the

District of the Twenty-four Parganas, Bengal, lying between 22° 40' 30" and 22° 49' 30" n. lat., and between 88° 22' 45" and 88° 30' e. long. ; area, 42 square miles, -with

Barrackpur.

67 villages and 15,413 inhabited houses; population (1881) 62,417, namely, 42,866 Hindus, 18,603 Muhammadans, 907 Christians, and 41 Buddhists average density of population, i486 per square mile ;

villages per square

mile,

i

’6o



houses per square mile, 408



persons

The Sub-division consists of per village, 930 persons per house, 4*0. the thdnds (police circles) of Barrackpur and Nawdbganj.

Barrackpur.

— Town and cantonment

in the District of the

Twenty-