parallel to the Nalganga, and falls into the Purna. The Viswaganga is not a perennial stream, but during the rains flows past Jaipur, Badnera, and Chandpur.
Vita.—Town and municipality in Satara District, Bombay Presidency, and head-quarters of Khanapur Sub-division; situated in lat. 17° 17' N., and long. 74° 34' e., 48 miles south-east of Satara town. Population (1881) 4477. Municipal income (1883-84), £78; incidence of taxation, 3¾d. per head. Sub-judge’s court, post-office, and school.
Vithalgarh.—Petty State in the Jhalawar prant or division of Kathiawar, Bombay Presidency. It consists of 5 villages, with 1 tribute-payer. Area, 23 square miles. Population (1881) 1999. The revenue is estimated at £1500. No tribute is payable. River in Tanjore District, Madras Presidency, branching
Vittar.—River in Tanjore District, Madras Presidency, branching from the Vennar, an affluent of the Kaveri, in lat. 10° 49' 20" N., and long. 79° 7' E., about 6 miles north-west of Tanjore city, and falling into the sea in lat. 10° 49' 45" N., and long.
79° 54' 45" E., near the port of Nagar.
Vizagapatam (Visakha-patnam).—British District in the Presidency of Madras, lying between 17° 14' 30" and 18° 58' n. lat., and between 82° 19' and 83° 59' E. long. Area (including the Jaipur and Vizianagram zamindaris, which are also under British administration), about 17,380 square miles. Population (1881) 2,485,141 souls. In size and population, Vizagapatam ranks first among the Districts of the Madras Presidency. Vizagapatnam is bounded on the north by the District of Ganjam and the Central Provinces; on the east by Ganjam and the Bay of Bengal ; on the south by the Bay of Bengal and Godavari District, and on the west by the Central Provinces. It consists of 14 zamindaris, 37 proprietary estates, and 3 Government taluks, namely, Golconda,
Sarvassiddhi, and Palkonda. The administrative head-quarters are at the town of Vizagapatam.
Vizagapatam
Presidency.
Ganjam and
Physical Aspects.
maritime as
the
is
the Central Provinces; on the east by
Province
— Vizagapatam of
forms
Madras
the
Northern Circars.
It
is
a
a picturesque
A
but, throughout the greater part, unhealthy.
Ghats runs through the east
District in
to south-west, dividing
it
portion
Presidency,
of
the
and
hilly
north
known
historically
country,
chain of the Eastern
an oblique direction from north-
into two unequal portions, the larger
being mountainous and the smaller flat The higher peaks of this range attain an elevation of more than 5000 feet above the level of the
with
sea.
The
slopes of the
luxuriant vegetation,
while the graceful
mountains on both sides are clothed
amid which
bamboo grows
forms the watershed of the country. carried by
numerous streams
rise
many
tall
profusely in the valleys.
The
direct to the
forest
trees
This range
drainage on the east is Bay of Bengal ; while the
