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14 MUNDRA-MUNGELI. situated on the Gohána - Panipat road, 6 miles from Cohána town. Population (1881) 5469, namely, 5130 Hindus, 288 Muhammadans, and 51 Jains. A large agricultural village rather than a town, possessing no commercial or administrative importance. Post-office and school. Mundra.-Port in the Native State of Cutch (Kachchh), Bombay Presidency; situated in lat. 22° 48' 40" N., and long. 69° 52' 30" E., on the coast of the Gulf of Cutch, 29 miles south of Bhúj, the capital of the State Population (1872) 7952; (1881) 8900, namely, 4189 males and 4711 females. Hindus numbered 3241 ; Muhammadans, 4350; Jains, 1307; and others,' 2. There is no made road from the port to the town, which is 31 miles distant. The fort, which is situated 2} miles north of the port, contains a white mosque distinguishable a good way off. Mungapákam (Munagapáka).--Village in Anakápalli táluk, Vizagapatam District, Madras Presidency; situated in lat. 17° 38' N., and long. 83° 3' 30" E., in the fertile proprietary estate of Mungapákam. Population (1881) 5267. Number of houses, 1230. Hindus numbcred 5215, and Muhammadans 52. The estate originally comprised 8 villages, paying a peshkash (revenue) of £2465, but has now been incorporated with the estate of Anakapalli. Mungelí. — Western tahsil or Sub-division of Bilaspur District, Central Provinces. Area, 1613 square miles; number of villages, 1212; houses, 89,713. Total population (1881) 322,117, namely, males 158, 106, and females 164,011. Average density of population, 1997 persons per square mile. Of the total area of the tahsil, 511 square miles are comprised within the revenue-free estates (zaminduris) of Pandaria and Kanteli, leaving an area of 1102 square miles, with a population of 243,391, forming the Government portion of the Sub-division. Even of this area, 283 square miles pay neither revenue nor quit-rent, and the total arca assesscd for Government revenue is only 818 square miles. Of these, 472 square miles arc under cultivation, 283 square miles are cultivable but not under tillage, and 63 square miles are uncultivable waste. Total Government land revenue, including local rates and cesses, £11,193, or an average of 8 d. per cultivated acre. Total rental paid by cultivators, £22,614, or an average of is. 5 d. per cultivated acre. In 1883, Mungelí tahsil contained i civil and 2 criminal courts, 2 police circles (thánis), 5 outpost stations (chaukis), a regular police force numbering 67 men, and a village watch of 780 chaukidiirs Mungeli.—Town in Bilaspur District, Central Provinces, and headquarters of Mungeli tahsil; situatcd in lat. 22° 4' N., and long. S1° 44' L., 36 miles west of Bilaspur town. Population (1881) 4757, namely, Hindus, 3568; Kabírpanthis, 417; Satnamis, 350 ; Muhammadans,