BHAISA UNDA—BHAKKAR.
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of great sanctity, and visited by Hindu pilgrims from Lat. 31° 2' N., long. 78° 54' E.
Bhaisaunda. khand Agency,
all
parts of India.
— One of the Kdlinjar Chaubf jdgtrs under the Bundel-
in Central India. Area, 12 square miles; popu1881,4073, namely, 4002 Hindus, and 71 Muhammadans; revenue, ;^iioo. It is a rule of succession in the Kalinjar family,
lation in
that
when
heirs
to
fail
any sharer, the share
The
surviving branches of the family.
Chaubi Tirat Prasdd, who
is
a
is
divided
among
share of Bhaisaunda
is
the
held by
The jdgtrddr
Hindu and a Brahman.
has about 80 foot soldiers.
—
One of the Hill States in political subordination to the Bhajji Punjab Government, lying between 31° 7' 30" and 31° 17' 45" n. lat, and between 77° 2' 30" and 77° 23' 15" e. long. The Rana, or chief, is a Rajput. The founder of the family came from Kangra and acquired possession of the State by conquest. The Gurkhas overran the country between 1803 and 1815, and were expelled by the British Government, on which the Rana was confirmed in possession of his Population State by Area, 96 square miles ; revenue, ;j^23oo. .
Hindus num(1881) 12,106, namely, 6720 males and 5386 females. bered 12,054, Sikhs 7, and Muhammadans 45 ; number of villages, 327.
An
annual tribute of ;^i44
death passed by the
awarded on
his
Bhakkar.
own
Rdna
is
paid
the
to
require confirmation
Sentences of
British.
other punishments are
authority.
— Tahsil
Khan
of Dera Ismiil
along the eastern bank of the Indus
District,
Punjab, lying
only slowly reclaimed and
colonized by Jat and Baluch settlers within the last three centuries. tahs'il is naturally divided into two portions, (i) the thal, forming
The
part of the sandy plain of the Sind Sagar
low
Doab
and
(2) the kach'i, or
on the Indus. Area, 3114 square miles; population (1881) 112,429, namely, males 60,989, and females 51,440; persons per square mile, 36. Muhammadans numbered 97,265 ; Hindus, 15,086; Sikhs, 59; and ‘others,’ 19. The administrative staff consists of an extra Assistant Commissioner, tahsilddr, and honorary magistrate. These officers preside over 3 civil and 3 criminal courts; 3 police stations; alluvial lands
strength of regular police, 61
Revenue of the
Bhakkar.
— Town
quarters of
Bhakkar
Population
(1881)
men;
village
watchmen
{chau/dddrs), ij6.
12,056.
tahsil,
in
Dera Ismail Khan
tahsil.
4402,
Lat.
namely,
District,
Punjab, and head5' 52" E.
31° 37' 43" n., long. 71°
2492
Hindus,
1895
Muhamma-
A
dans, 9 Sikhs, and 6 ‘others.’ third class municipality, with an income in 1881 of ;;^239 ; expenditure, ^^276. The town is situated
on the
left
bank of the Indus, on the edge of the thal
or sandy plain
overlooking the kachi, or low-lying alluvial lands along the Indus, a
channel of which
is
navigable as
far as
Bhakkar during the
floods.
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