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BALLIA—BALL YGUNGE.

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relaxing on the whole, but the natives of the above the average for physique and longevity. There are two dispensaries, one at Ballia and one at Rasra. [For full tutions the climate District

are

is

rather

information regarding the newly-constituted District of Ballia, see the Gazetteer for

North

the

-

Western Provinces

the North-Western Provinces, 1881

the Census Report of

and the Provincial Admmistration



Reports, 1880 to 1883.]

Ballia.

— Tahsil

Sub-division of Ballia District,

or

Provinces, lying between

25° 39'

and 25°

46'

n.

lat.,

North-Western and between

5' and 84° 40' E. long., and forming a long narrow strip along the Ganges, with its eastern extremity enclosed between the Ganges and Ghagra. The soil is of modern alluvial formation, and a great part

84°

subject

is

annual inundation from the two

to

Area,

rivers.

372

square miles, of which 280 are under cultivation.

Population (1881) tract of giving the agricultural unusual density for purely a 345>373) 929 to the square mile. This tract is remarkable for its fertility. Land revenue, £26,"]

by

cultivators,

contains

civil

i

and, including local cesses, f^30,o6'j ; rental paid incidence of revenue, 3s. per acre. The tahsil


 * ^63,582

and

i

criminal court, with 4 police stations (thdnds)

strength of regular police, 61

—

men;

village

watchmen



{chaukiddrs), 585.

Town and administrative head-quarters of Ballia District, Ballia. North-Western Provinces. Lat. 25° 43' 55" N., long. 84° ii' 5" E. Area within municipal limits, 2484 acres, but these limits include the site

of the great annual

The

fair,

and several

villages adjacent to the

town

numbered (1881) 8798, namely, 7448 Hindus, 1349 Muhammadans, and i Christian. Including proper.

population

of Ballia proper

the neighbouring villages, the municipal population was 15,320.

The

administered by a committee of 15 members municipal income in 1881-82, f^Sog average incidence of taxation, is. o|d. per municipality

is





The modern town

situated on the north bank of the Ganges, below its confluence with the Lesser Sarju. The old town was cut away between the years 1873 a new town has been 1^75) formed a little farther back from the river bank. The District offices

head. a

is

little

consist of a tahstli, civil court, police station, dispensary,

nacular school. at

the

full

A great

moon

bathing

fair,

called Dadri,

held in

Anglo-ver-

November

of Kartik, and attended by numbers ranging from

200,000 to 400,000. to the fair, which is at

In 1882, 60,000 head of cattle were brought Revenue in 1882 height for 4 or 5 days.

its full

from the

fair,

station

Dumraon, on the East Indian Railway,

is

is

including ^^350 for taxes.

The

nearest railway

in the

Bengal District

of Shahabad, distant 13 miles. Suburb south-east of Calcutta, situated Ballygunge {Bdliganj).

—

and a station on the There are a number of fine

within the limits of the Suburban Municipality,

Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway.