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 BHIRI—BHIWANDI.

399

rate of taxation, is. ad. per head of population within municipal limits; municipal expenditure, ^275. Bhiri. Village in the south-west of Wardha District, Central Pro-

—

vinces, about 20 miles from

Wardhd town, noted

for its

8 days, held on

the occasion of the

Hindu

lasting for

Janma Ashtami,

annual

fair

festival

of

Village school;

celebrating the birth of Krishna.

weekly market. Bhiria.

—Town

in the

Naushahro

taluk,

Haidardbad (Hyderabad)

Bombay

Presidency. Distant 8 miles north-east from Lat. 26° 55' n., long. 68° 14' 15" E. Population (1881)

District, Sind,

Naushahro.

2488, mainly agricultural. of municipal taxation,

Municipal revenue

is. 3^-d.

1880-81, ;^i6o; rate

Market, school, and dharmsdla.

limits; expenditure, ^^158.

—Town

in

per head of population within municipal

Chanda District, Central Provinces, Chimur town. Population (1881) 3257, namely, Hindus, 2952; Muhammadans, 15 1 Jains, 7; aboriginal tribes, Handsomely carved modern temple; school; police outpost 147. Bhisi

.

situated

Warora

in

tahs'il,

miles north of

ii



station.

Bhit Shdh.— A town trict,

Bombay

Sind,

in

Hala

Presidency.

Wasand, Sand, Khaskeli,

to the

taluk,

Haidardbad (Hyderdbad) Dis-

The Muhammadans belong chiefly and Bagrd tribes among them some

—

families of Pirs of considerable local repute

Lohdnos. annual

Founded

fair is

the



Hindus are

chiefly

1727 by Shah Abdul Latif, in whose honour an held here, largely attended by Muhammadans. Some in

and cotton. Bhita Sarkhandi. Village in Muzaffarpur

trade in food-grains

—

about

2

miles east of the

Murhd

with which State a considerable trade salt.

District,

river, close to is

Bengal



situated

the frontier of Nepal,

conducted

in grain, cloth,

and

Lat. 26° 37' N., long. 85° 52' e.

Bhitauli.

— Pargand

in

Bara Banki

and the Chauka

District,

Oudh



situated between

and adjoining Ramnagar pargand. A Raikwar pargand, confiscated for the rebellion of its owner during the Mutiny, and bestowed upon the Maharaja of K^purthala, who is the the Kauriala

present possessor.

rivers,

Area, 62 square miles, of which 32 are cultivated;

Government land revenue demand, ^926,

or at the rate of 8Jd. per

Oudh; population (1881) 22,839, namely, 12,196 males and 10, 643 females; number of villages or towns, 41. Town in Undo District, Oudh; 12 miles east of Purwa, Bhitauli.

arable acre, the lightest assessment in

—

Population (1881) 4453, namely, Hindus, one-half are Rajputs); and Muhammadans, than 4227 Alleged to have been founded about 600 years ago by two 226. Pleasantly situated among groves of mango trees. Kdyasths. close

to

(of

the river Sai.

whom more

Bhiwandi.

— Sub-division

of

Area, 250 square miles; contains

Thana i

District,

town and 193

Bombay

Presidency.

villages.

Population