BALLIA—BALL YGUNGE.
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relaxing on the whole, but the natives of the above the average for physique and longevity. There are two dispensaries, one at Ballia and one at Rasra. [For full tutions the climate District
are
is
rather
information regarding the newly-constituted District of Ballia, see the Gazetteer for
North
the
-
Western Provinces
the North-Western Provinces, 1881
the Census Report of
and the Provincial Admmistration
Reports, 1880 to 1883.]
Ballia.
— Tahsil
Sub-division of Ballia District,
or
Provinces, lying between
25° 39'
and 25°
46'
n.
lat.,
North-Western and between
5' and 84° 40' E. long., and forming a long narrow strip along the Ganges, with its eastern extremity enclosed between the Ganges and Ghagra. The soil is of modern alluvial formation, and a great part
84°
subject
is
annual inundation from the two
to
Area,
rivers.
372
square miles, of which 280 are under cultivation.
Population (1881) tract of giving the agricultural unusual density for purely a 345>373) 929 to the square mile. This tract is remarkable for its fertility. Land revenue, £26,"]
by
cultivators,
contains
civil
i
and, including local cesses, f^30,o6'j ; rental paid incidence of revenue, 3s. per acre. The tahsil
- ^63,582
and
i
criminal court, with 4 police stations (thdnds)
strength of regular police, 61
—
men;
village
watchmen
{chaukiddrs), 585.
Town and administrative head-quarters of Ballia District, Ballia. North-Western Provinces. Lat. 25° 43' 55" N., long. 84° ii' 5" E. Area within municipal limits, 2484 acres, but these limits include the site
of the great annual
The
fair,
and several
villages adjacent to the
town
numbered (1881) 8798, namely, 7448 Hindus, 1349 Muhammadans, and i Christian. Including proper.
population
of Ballia proper
the neighbouring villages, the municipal population was 15,320.
The
administered by a committee of 15 members municipal income in 1881-82, f^Sog average incidence of taxation, is. o|d. per municipality
is
The modern town
situated on the north bank of the Ganges, below its confluence with the Lesser Sarju. The old town was cut away between the years 1873 a new town has been 1^75) formed a little farther back from the river bank. The District offices
head. a
is
little
consist of a tahstli, civil court, police station, dispensary,
nacular school. at
the
full
A great
moon
bathing
fair,
called Dadri,
held in
Anglo-ver-
November
of Kartik, and attended by numbers ranging from
200,000 to 400,000. to the fair, which is at
In 1882, 60,000 head of cattle were brought Revenue in 1882 height for 4 or 5 days.
its full
from the
fair,
station
Dumraon, on the East Indian Railway,
is
is
including ^^350 for taxes.
The
nearest railway
in the
Bengal District
of Shahabad, distant 13 miles. Suburb south-east of Calcutta, situated Ballygunge {Bdliganj).
—
and a station on the There are a number of fine
within the limits of the Suburban Municipality,
Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway.
