BARPALI—BARRA CKPUR.
174
— Estate
Barpali. 86
zaminddri attached to Sambalpur
or
villages,
three-fourths are cultivated.
The whole
zatn'mddri
is
richly cultivated tract, yielding a revenue of
^830
pays a tribute of ^<)o to the Government.
The
numbered
District,
24 miles south-west of the town of Sambalpur, with and an area of about 180 square miles, of which not quite
Central Provinces
a
open, and
flat,
to the chief,
who
population in 1881
29,163, the prevailing castes being Kultas or agriculturists,
—
and Bhulias or weavers. Chief products rice, manufactures coarse cloth, cotton, oil-seeds, pulses, and sugar-cane The estate was granted about 1620 by tasar silk, and brass vessels. Ratan Singh, the sixth Raja of Sambalpur, to his brother Bikram and it has since descended in the Singh, on a rent-free tenure Ladras or
carriers,
—
regular line of succession to the present zam'mddr,
now
(1883) a well-
man of about 30 years of age. Town in Sambalpur District, Central
educated young Barpali.
—
quarters of Barpali estate, situated in
45"
E.
dans, 72
lat.
Provinces, and head21° ii' n., long. 83° 37'
Muhamma-
Population (1881) 4125, namely, Hindus, 4023;
and aboriginal
tribes, 30.
The
woven here
tasar silk cloth
holds a high reputation in the surrounding country. The chief, who an honorary magistrate, holds his court in Barpali town. Anglo-
is
vernacular school.
Barpeta.
— Sub-division
in the north-west of
Kamrup
District,
Assam.
Area, 206 square miles; population (1881) 133,030, namely, Hindus, 127,738; Muhammadans, 5283; and ‘others,’ 9; number of villages,
The Sub-division, which 612; number of occupied houses, 27,172. was constituted in March 1841, consists of the two police circles It contained, in 1883, 2 civil and {thdnds) of Barpeta and Bajali. 2 criminal courts, with a regular police force of 36 men. Barpeta. Chief town of Barpeta Sub-division, in the north of Kamrup District, Assam on the Chaul-Khoya river, a tributary of
—
Lat. 26° 19' 45" n., long. 91° 3' 20"
the Brahmaputra.
E.
population
(1881), with surrounding villages, 13,758, namely, Hindus, 13,702, and Muhammadans, 56. There is a considerable river-borne trade in rice, oil-seeds, cotton,
caoutchouc,
etc.
— Sub-division of the
District of the Twenty-four Parganas, Bengal, lying between 22° 40' 30" and 22° 49' 30" n. lat., and between 88° 22' 45" and 88° 30' e. long. ; area, 42 square miles, -with
Barrackpur.
67 villages and 15,413 inhabited houses; population (1881) 62,417, namely, 42,866 Hindus, 18,603 Muhammadans, 907 Christians, and 41 Buddhists average density of population, i486 per square mile ;
villages per square
mile,
i
’6o
houses per square mile, 408
persons
The Sub-division consists of per village, 930 persons per house, 4*0. the thdnds (police circles) of Barrackpur and Nawdbganj.
Barrackpur.
— Town and cantonment
in the District of the
Twenty-
