BAEGARH—BARHA. composed
149
an industrious agricultural class Ladras or carriers Gaurs or herdsmen and aboriginal Gonds. Chief crops rice, sugar-cane, oil-seeds, and pulses. Cotton is also grown to a slight extent. Nine villages contain upwards of 1000 inhabitants. Manufacture of brass work at the village of Kadhobahal. Boys’ schools are located in 13 villages, with an 396,138,
who own most
chiefly of Kultas,
of the soil
—
average attendance of 61
pupils; girls’ schools at Bargarh. Three 1 main lines of road intersect the tahsil. Bargarh. Town in Sambalpur District, Central Provinces, and head-quarters of Bargarh ta/isU, situated on the Raipur road, 26 miles west of Sambalpur town, in lat. 21° 21' 15" n., long. 83° 43' 15" E.
—
Population (1881) 1609, chiefly agriculturists. Besides the Sub-divisional Court-house, the village contains a charitable dispensary, police station with the head-quarters of an inspector, boys’ and
schools, and Weekly market held on Fridays attended by inhabitants from most of the neighbouring villages. Native cloths and food-grains are the chief articles
money order and
with
post-office
savings
girls’
bank.
sold.
— Sub-division of Patna
District, Bengal, lying between 25° 10' and between 85° 13' and 86° 6' 15" e. long. area, 526 square miles, with 1121 villages, and 54,459 occupied houses; population (1881) 376,074, namely, 345,520 Hindus (or 91 '9 per cent, of the population), 30,463 Muhammadans, 73 Christians, and 18
Barh. and 25°
34' 30" N.
lat.,
‘others’; average density of the population, 715 per square mile; villages
per square mile, 2'i3
335
—per
houses per square mile,
The
house, 6'p.
(police circles) of Fatwa,
1 18 persons per village,
comprises the three thdnds
Sub-division
Bdrh,
and Mukama.
In 1881-82
it
con-
tained one magisterial court, a general police force of 183 men, and a village watch of 687 men. The total separate cost of Sub-divisional administration in that year was returned at of the cultivated area
is
^1274.
The
greater part
under food-grains, other staples being grown
only to a small extent.
Barh.
—Town
85° 45' 12"
2807
in
Patna
District, Bengal.
29' 10" N., long.
Lat 25°
Population (1881) 14,689, namely, 11,874 Hindus, Muhammadans, and 8 Christians. Situated on the Ganges, E.
with a station on the East Indian Railway, 299 miles from Calcutta, Barh carries on a considerable trade in country produce. Municipal
income
in 1881,
Barha. pur
- ^554
— Large •
District,
Central
Hindus, 2306; aboriginal in jdgir,
cultivated,
tribes,
by the
expenditure,
^725.
agricultural village in
Provinces.
Kabfrpanthfs, 2; 179.
The
notorious
Pindari is
tahsil,
Narsingh-
(i88r) 2691, namely,
Muhammadans, 164;
village
and cotton-weaving
Gadarwara
Population
Jains, 40; was formerly held, apparently chief,
carried
Chitu.
on to some
Sugar-cane extent.
is
Barha
