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 BEHIR—BEKAL.

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while 383 square miles are cultivable, and 76 square miles uncultivable The adult agricultural population is returned at 34,587, or

waste.

5i'oi per cent, of the total population; average area of cultivated and

head of

cultivable land, 8 acres per

agricultural population.

amount of Government land revenue (1881), Including levied upon land, ;^i269, or an average of 6|d. per

cesses

and

Total rates

cultivated acre;

rental actually paid by cultivators, including cesses, io|d. per cultivated acre.

The

Sub-division contains

6 police stations

i

civil

and

strength of regular police, 46



criminal court, with

i

men

village



watchmen

{chauktddrs), 340.

Behir.

— Small

in

village

BaMghat

District,

Central

Provinces.

Situated in the hilly portion of the District, 1987 feet above sea level, and 41 miles north-east of Balaghat town. Population (1881) 708, chiefly

Gonds and Pardhans.

Behir must once have been a place of

considerable importance, as indicated by the remains of 13 massive temples of hewn granite built prior to the days of mortar. Some are quite plain, apparently Buddhistic



while others are elaborately carved.

Three only are now standing. No local tradition exists as to what the place once was, or to whom it belonged. See Beri. Behri. Petty State or jagir in Bundelkhand Population (1881) Behror. -Town in Alwar State, R^jputana. 5533, namely, Hindus, 4427; and Muhammadans, 1106. Behti {Beti ). Village in Partabgarh (Pratapgarh) District, Oudh. Picturesquely situated on the bank of what was formerly a large lake covering an area of about 10 square miles in the rains, and 3 square miles in the dry season. The lake has since been drained by pumping, and the opening up of cuttings leading to the Ganges. To the north is a high bank covered with groves of magnificent trees. The former lake is now entirely under cultivation. It is reported to have been dug by a Raja of Ajodhya as a votive offering, and was celebrated for wild-fowl and fish an island in the middle contained an ancient edifice built as Population (1881) 1959, namely, a shooting-box by some prince. Hindus, 1908; and Muhammadans, 51. Two Hindu temples; village

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.

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—



school.

Behti Kalan.

—Town

in

Rai Bareli

District,

The town Hindu temple

Oudh.

of no commercial importance, but contains a fine

is

to

Mahadeo. Beja.

—State

Bekal District,

(the

‘

in the

Punjab.

— See Bija.

Cota Koulani' of

Madras Presidency.

Possesses a large fort in

fair

De

Lat.

Barros).

—Town

in

South Kanara

12° 23' 45" n., long. 75° 4' 35" e.

preservation, with fortifications bearing

European science, built on a high point projecting into the sea. It was probably first erected during the wars between the Ikkeri and Cherakal Rajas, and subsequently improved.

traces of