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— BHABHAR—BHADA URA. Bhabhar.

— State

337

and town, Palanpur Agency, Bombay Presidency.

^See Babhar. Bhabua. Sub-division

of Shahabad District, Bengal, lying between 24° 40' 15" and 25° 24' 30" N. lat, and between 83° 21' 30" and 83° 56' E. long.; area, 1301 square miles; number of villages, 1388; number of occupied houses, 49,316; population (1881) 322,236, namely, 296,385 Hindus and 25,851 Muhammadans; average density

of population, 248 per square mile; villages per square mile, I'oy; houses per square mile, 44; persons per village, 246; persons per house, 6 '5. The Sub-division was formed in 1865, and comprises the three thdnds (police circles) of Bhabua, with Chand and Mohania. It

contains

r

criminal court.

Strength of regular police,

7 7

men

village

watchmen {chaukiddrs), 1330. Bhabua. Town in Shahdbad District, Bengal, and head-quarters of the Bhabua Sub-division. Lat. 25° 2' 30" n., long. 83° 39' 35" e. Population in 1872, 5071 in 1881, 5728, namely, 4463 Hindus and 1265 Muhammadans. Area of town site, 853 acres. A second-class municipality, with an income (1881) of _;^i8o; expenditure, ;:^i5i. Head-

quarters of a police circle (thdna).

— Town Kachchh (Cutch) Native Population (1881) 3116. Faizabad (Fyzabad) Bhadarsa. — Town Bhachav.

in

State,

Bombay

Presidency.

District,

in

banks of the Marha

river,

Rama

Oudh, on the

10 miles south of Faizabad town, on the road

have met his brother Bharata at this the meeting of the brothers.’ Population (1881), Hindus, 2821, and Musalmans, 1914 Six Muhammadan mosques. total, 4735. Hindu religious fair at Bharatakund, attended by about 5000 persons. Bhaddrwa. Petty State in Rewa Kantha, Bombay Presidency. Area, 27 square miles; estimated revenue (1882) ^4000, of which a Population (1881) tribute of ;^i907 is paid to the Gaekwar of Baroda. The State has one school, with an 9185, or 34 o’i 8 per square mile. average attendance of 119 pupils. The chief holds the title of Rana. Police force, 24 men. to Sultanpur.

and

place,

name

its

said to

is

is

derived from bhayddarsa

Bhadaur.

— Town

Anahadgarh

State,

Punjab.

Population (1881) 6912, namely, Sikhs, 2670; Hindus, 2081; madans, 2050; Jains, III. Number of occupied houses, 996.

Muham-

Bhadaura.

— Petty

Gwalior

territory.

1820 to

Mdn

is

tahs'il,

State under the Giina (Goona)

Central India.

It

situated

in

down

a notorious robber and preventing' theft. The on the Agra road, 12 miles north of Guna, and contains

10 villages, with a population (1881) of 3365. II.

Sub-Agency

arose from a grant by Sindhia in

villages are held at a quit-rent, yielding

VOL.

Patiala

Singh, the ancestor of the present holder, on condition

of his putting grant

in

The

lands of five of the

an annual income of £27,0, Y