BEHIR—BEKAL.
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while 383 square miles are cultivable, and 76 square miles uncultivable The adult agricultural population is returned at 34,587, or
waste.
5i'oi per cent, of the total population; average area of cultivated and
head of
cultivable land, 8 acres per
agricultural population.
amount of Government land revenue (1881), Including levied upon land, ;^i269, or an average of 6|d. per
cesses
and
Total rates
cultivated acre;
rental actually paid by cultivators, including cesses, io|d. per cultivated acre.
The
Sub-division contains
6 police stations
i
civil
and
strength of regular police, 46
criminal court, with
i
men
village
watchmen
{chauktddrs), 340.
Behir.
— Small
in
village
BaMghat
District,
Central
Provinces.
Situated in the hilly portion of the District, 1987 feet above sea level, and 41 miles north-east of Balaghat town. Population (1881) 708, chiefly
Gonds and Pardhans.
Behir must once have been a place of
considerable importance, as indicated by the remains of 13 massive temples of hewn granite built prior to the days of mortar. Some are quite plain, apparently Buddhistic
while others are elaborately carved.
Three only are now standing. No local tradition exists as to what the place once was, or to whom it belonged. See Beri. Behri. Petty State or jagir in Bundelkhand Population (1881) Behror. -Town in Alwar State, R^jputana. 5533, namely, Hindus, 4427; and Muhammadans, 1106. Behti {Beti ). Village in Partabgarh (Pratapgarh) District, Oudh. Picturesquely situated on the bank of what was formerly a large lake covering an area of about 10 square miles in the rains, and 3 square miles in the dry season. The lake has since been drained by pumping, and the opening up of cuttings leading to the Ganges. To the north is a high bank covered with groves of magnificent trees. The former lake is now entirely under cultivation. It is reported to have been dug by a Raja of Ajodhya as a votive offering, and was celebrated for wild-fowl and fish an island in the middle contained an ancient edifice built as Population (1881) 1959, namely, a shooting-box by some prince. Hindus, 1908; and Muhammadans, 51. Two Hindu temples; village
— —
.
—
—
school.
Behti Kalan.
—Town
in
Rai Bareli
District,
The town Hindu temple
Oudh.
of no commercial importance, but contains a fine
is
to
Mahadeo. Beja.
—State
Bekal District,
(the
‘
in the
Punjab.
— See Bija.
Cota Koulani' of
Madras Presidency.
Possesses a large fort in
fair
De
Lat.
Barros).
—Town
in
South Kanara
12° 23' 45" n., long. 75° 4' 35" e.
preservation, with fortifications bearing
European science, built on a high point projecting into the sea. It was probably first erected during the wars between the Ikkeri and Cherakal Rajas, and subsequently improved.
traces of
