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 I^AA^KA—BAKKI. with

75

name, see the StaiisHcal Acccunt of Bengal,

his

vol.

xiv.

pp.

89-91.

Banka. Bengal

—

Small town on the Chdndan river in Bhagalpur District, and head-quarters of the Banka Sub-division. Lat. 24° 33' n.,



long. 86° 58' 5" E.

—

Banka Canal. The name given to the narayan and Rasulpur Canal in Midnapur 22°

to 22°

6'

mouth of

1 1

12' N., long. 88° to 88° 4' e.

reach of the Rtip-

first

District, It

Bengal.

Lat.

extends from near the

of the Rupnardyan at Goonkhali, to the Haldf river, a distance

80

miles, with a top width of

feet,

a bottom width of 40

feet,

and

a depth of 9 J feet. It is a tidal canal, navigable throughout the year. See also Rupn.a.rayan.

—

Bankaner. Gwalior

— Chief town of the small oxAXym^pargafid of Bankaner,

territory.

Situated on the river

Central India.

in

Man, about 30

miles south of Amjhera.

Bankapur.

— Sub-division of

Dharwdr

District,

Bombay

Presidency.

Area, 343 square miles, containing i town and 141 villages. Population (1881) 76,554, of whom 38,264 were returned as males, and 38,290 as

Muhammadans, 11,234;

Hindus numbered 63,637;

females.

‘others,’ 1683.

Bankapur.

— Town

Dhdrwar

in

District,

Bombay

Presidency.

Hindus, 4287; Muhammadans, 1739; and Jains, ii. Area of town site, 283 acres. Post-office. Bankheri. Town in Sohdgpur /'«/«//, Hoshangabad District, Central Provinces. Population (1881) 2643, namely, Hindus, 1914; KabfrPopulation

(1881)

6037,

namely,

—

panthi's,

tribes,

Muhammadans, 349;

8;

314; and

‘others,’ 4.

Christians, 3; Jains, 51 ; aboriginal Railway station on the Great Indian

Peninsula Railway.

Bankl.

— Government Estate

ship, lying

between 20°

and 85° 40' souls.

It is

15' 30"

in Orissa, formerly a

and 20° 30'

N.

lat.,

Feudatory Chief-

and between 85°

23'

long; area, 116 square miles; population (1881) 56,900 bounded on the north by the Mahanadi river (separating

E.

from the States of Baramba and Tigaria), on the east by the District of Cuttack, on the south by the District of Puri, and on the west by

it

Khandpara

State.

A

small portion of the State

lies

north

of the

Mahanadi.

From 1805 of

to 1840, Banki paid an annual tribute to the Government but in the latter year the State was confiscated, owing to the

Raja having been convicted of murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life. From that time it has been under the direct management of the Bengal Government, being included within the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Cuttack. Since being taken under British administration, the estate

has steadily increased in prosperity.

Banki yielded a revenue of ^^1333, which ten years

In

later

1860-61,

(1870-71)