BETMANGALA—BE TTIA.
327
municipal income (1880-81), ;^i399; expenditure, ;^i233 ; rate of taxation, is. 8d. per head of the joint population (17,001) within municipal limits. Betigeri is the seat of a weekly market, and has a considerable trade in cotton, and cotton and silk fabrics. The value of the transactions in raw cotton alone
of
Betmangala. square
— Taluk land
2s.
The
Paldr runs
Ramasdgar
Kolar
in
Mysore
Area, 260
State.
through the tdluk^ and forms here the large and near the
An
tank.
auriferous tract lies on the west,
village of Markupam are gold mines abut upon the Eastern Ghats.
Bctmangala. bank of Palar
District,
revenue
.^9539) or
N., long.
estimated at upwards
(1874-75), exclusive of water rate, 7d. per cultivated acre. Head-quarters at Bowring-pet.
miles;
river
is
a year.
^,(^'50,000
— Village
river,
in
Kolar
the southern borders of the taluk
Mysore
District,
State
18 miles south-east of Kolar by road.
78° 22' 30"
E.
An
population (1881) 1302.
on
right
Lat. 13“
1'
ancient place,
Chola kings. It has now lost its prosperity, partly from the opening of the railway which diverted the former through passenger traffic, and partly from the transfer of the said to have been founded in the time of the
taluk head-quarters in 1864 to Bowring-pet.
Bettddpur. above sea
— Mountain
level.
Lat.
in
Mysore
Mysore State; 4350
District,
12° 28' 20" n., long.
76°
20"
8'
It is
e.
feet
con-
spicuous for its conical shape, and on its summit stands a celebrated temple of Mallikarjuna, which has been struck by lightning. At the foot lies the village of Bettadpur, the principal seat of the
Sanketi
Brahmans; population (1881) 2313. It is associated with the name of Chengal Raya, a Jain prince of the loth century, who is said to have been converted to the tenets of the Lingayats. Until the time of Tipu Sultiin,
it
was the residence of an independent
—Sub-division of Champaran
chieftain.
between and between 83° 53' 30" and 84° 51 e. long.; 2013 square miles; number of villages, 3172 number of occu-
Bettia. 26° 35' area,
and 27°
District, Bengal, lying
30' N. lat,
'
population (1881) 704,052, namely, 597,173 Hindus, 105,054 Muhammadans, and 1825 Christians; average density of population, 350 per square mile; villages per square mile, i'58; houses per square mile, 66 6 ; persons per village, 221; persons per The Sub-division was formed in 1852. It contains two house, 5'4. magisterial and revenue courts, and comprises the 3 thdnds (police circles)
pied houses, 128,979
of Bettid, Lauriya, and Bagahd
men
strength of regular police force,
watchmen, 1307. The largest town in Champdran
119
village
Bettia.
—
on the Harha
river.
Lat
District,
Bengal
26° 48' 5" N., long. 84° 32' 40"
e.
situated
Popula-
21,263, namely, 13,943 Hindus, 6014 Muhammadans, and 1306 Christians and ‘ others.’ Area of town site, 5901 acres.
tion
(1881)
A
