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municipal income (1880-81), ;^i399; expenditure, ;^i233 ; rate of taxation, is. 8d. per head of the joint population (17,001) within municipal limits. Betigeri is the seat of a weekly market, and has a considerable trade in cotton, and cotton and silk fabrics. The value of the transactions in raw cotton alone

of

Betmangala. square

— Taluk land

2s.

The

Paldr runs

Ramasdgar

Kolar

in

Mysore

Area, 260

State.

through the tdluk^ and forms here the large and near the

An

tank.

auriferous tract lies on the west,

village of Markupam are gold mines abut upon the Eastern Ghats.

Bctmangala. bank of Palar

District,

revenue

.^9539) or

N., long.

estimated at upwards

(1874-75), exclusive of water rate, 7d. per cultivated acre. Head-quarters at Bowring-pet.

miles;

river

is

a year.

^,(^'50,000

— Village

river,

in



Kolar

the southern borders of the taluk

Mysore

District,

State

18 miles south-east of Kolar by road.

78° 22' 30"

E.



An

population (1881) 1302.

on



right

Lat. 13“

1'

ancient place,

Chola kings. It has now lost its prosperity, partly from the opening of the railway which diverted the former through passenger traffic, and partly from the transfer of the said to have been founded in the time of the

taluk head-quarters in 1864 to Bowring-pet.

Bettddpur. above sea

— Mountain

level.

Lat.

in

Mysore

Mysore State; 4350

District,

12° 28' 20" n., long.

76°

20"

8'

It is

e.

feet

con-

spicuous for its conical shape, and on its summit stands a celebrated temple of Mallikarjuna, which has been struck by lightning. At the foot lies the village of Bettadpur, the principal seat of the

Sanketi

Brahmans; population (1881) 2313. It is associated with the name of Chengal Raya, a Jain prince of the loth century, who is said to have been converted to the tenets of the Lingayats. Until the time of Tipu Sultiin,

it

was the residence of an independent

—Sub-division of Champaran

chieftain.

between and between 83° 53' 30" and 84° 51 e. long.; 2013 square miles; number of villages, 3172 number of occu-

Bettia. 26° 35' area,

and 27°

District, Bengal, lying

30' N. lat,

'



population (1881) 704,052, namely, 597,173 Hindus, 105,054 Muhammadans, and 1825 Christians; average density of population, 350 per square mile; villages per square mile, i'58; houses per square mile, 66 6 ; persons per village, 221; persons per The Sub-division was formed in 1852. It contains two house, 5'4. magisterial and revenue courts, and comprises the 3 thdnds (police circles)

pied houses, 128,979



of Bettid, Lauriya, and Bagahd

men





strength of regular police force,

watchmen, 1307. The largest town in Champdran

119

village

Bettia.

—

on the Harha

river.

Lat

District,

Bengal

26° 48' 5" N., long. 84° 32' 40"

e.



situated

Popula-

21,263, namely, 13,943 Hindus, 6014 Muhammadans, and 1306 Christians and ‘ others.’ Area of town site, 5901 acres.

tion

(1881)

A