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 BHI WANI—BHO GNIPUR. metalled streets

suburbs covered with



without order or arrangement.

mud

401

hovels, huddled together

Tahsili, school, police station, dispensary.

Brisk trade in sugar, pepper, spices, metals,

salt,

and declining mart

—Town Bhiwapur. —Town Bhiwani.

in

Bhartpur State, Rajputana.

in

Population (1881)

and Muhammadans, 1424. Nagpur District, Central Provinces; 16 miles

6480, namely, Hindus, 5056



south-east of Umrer, on the road to Pauni in Bhanddrd.

79° 33' 30"

N., long.

for

Mercantile firms in Southern India have agents here.

cotton cloth.

Lat. 20° 46'

Population in 1881, 4571, namely, Hindus,

E.

Muhammadans, 163; Jains, 4; aboriginal tribes, 168. An Gond settlement, founded about a.d. 1550 by Bhimsa, who built now dilapidated fort, where a blind Gond, Bhimsa’s lineal descen-

4236; early

the

1870, with a small pension from Government. Bhiwapur manufactures cloth inferior only to that produced at Nagpur and Umrer. Besides other trade, banking is carried on, chiefly by Agarwala Marwan's, who have been long settled here. The town, which has a neat and clean appearance, with generally well-built houses, has two good metalled roads, a new school-house, a sardi (native inn), and a market-place, with a large public masonry well. Police station. Town in the Native State of Cutch (Kachchh), Bhochan. dant, was living in

—

Bombay Presidency. Muhammadans, 335

— River

Population (1881) 3722, namely, Hindus, 2302

and



Jains, 1085.

Garo Hills District, Assam, rising a little and flowing in a southerly direction till it falls into the old bed of the Brahmaputra in Maimansingh District. Bhogannang. Mountain valley in Mansahra tahsU, Hazdra District, Punjab; situated between 34° 30' and 34° 48' 15" n. lat, and 73° 14' 15" and 73° 24' 30" E. long., forming the main source of the Siran river, and surrounded by pine-clad hills from 8000 to 13,000 feet in

Bhogai.

south-east of

Tura

in the

civil station,

—

Area, 77,418 acres, of which 7563 are cultivated. Population The inhabitants are (1881) 9215, chiefly Gujars, with a few Swdtis. dependent for food upon their cattle, of which they possess large herds.

height

Climate cool and pleasant

Bhogdabari.

in

— Town

in

summer, but very severe

Rangpur

District,

in winter.

Bengal.

Population

(1881) 10,892, namely, Muhammadans, 7760; and Hindus, 3132; area of town site, 9189 acres. South-western tahsU of Cawnpur District, NorthBhognipur.

—

Western Provinces tion

(1881)

division contains 2

men



village

Bhognipur. VOL.

traversed by the Bhognipur branch of the

Ganges

II.

revenue, -^21,14^; total Government paid by cultivators, ;^38,246. The Subpolice stations (//lands ) ; strength of regular police,

88,081;

^23,680;

revenue,

36



Area, 281 square miles, of which 161 are cultivated; popula-

Canal.

land

rental

watchmen (c/iaii/iiddrs), 230. in Cawnpur District, North-Western Provinces,

— Town

2

c