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BHAREJDA—BHAR THNA.

37 °

Almodh

estate to the south, situated between and between 78° 20' and 78° 30' e. long., and containing 37 inhabited villages, and a total population (1881) of 2880. The Jagirddr, who is a Gond, receives an annual allowance of I os. in lieu of pilgrim tax, and pays a tribute of His

^3, los.

head-quarters are at Tikadhana or Panjra, a small village of 341

Provinces, adjoining 22° 4 and 22° 17' n.

lat.,

inhabitants, in the south-west of the estate.

— Petty

Bharejda.

Bombay

Presidency

State

of

Jhalawar of

consisting

i

Estimated revenue, ^^246

tribute-payers.

jmyable to the British Government, and ;^3, Ahmad abad.

Bhareng.

— Valley

and pargand

District,

village,

with

Kathiawar,

in 2

independent

a tribute of

8s.

is

sukri on account of

3s. as

Kashmir State, lying east of n., and between long. 75° 10' and 75° 26' E. Remarkable for its caverns and subterranean watercourses and fountains, one of which, the Achabad spring, is supposed Srinagar, between

lat.

in

33° 20' and 33° 30'

to be the efflux of the

engulphed water of the Bharengi

river.

The

route by the Mirbal pass runs up the valley.

Bharengi.

— River

of Kashmir State, draining the Bhareng valley formed by the junction of the southern waters from Pass with the north-western outflow from the Snowy disappears in a subterranean opening, and is said to Achabad spring. Length about 40 miles. River in Puri District, Bengal ; a branch of the Koyathe distributaries of the Mahaxadi. Leaving the

{vide supra), being

the

Wardw'an

Punjab; partly reappear in the

Bhargavi.

one of Koyakhai near Sardaipur KHAi,

it

to

reaches a point 6 or the

west,

7

village,

it

flows in a southerly direction until

miles from the coast,

and empties

itself

into

the

when it turns abruptly It is Chilka Lake.

navigable throughout the rains, when, like the other rivers of Orissa, frequently overflows

it

banks, flooding a large portion of the neigh-

its

bouring country.

Bharthna.

— Central

tahsil of

Etawah

North-Western Pro-

District,

vinces; comprising a narrow strip of territory running from north to

and including part of the Doab uplands, the Jumna valley, and Chambal and the Kuari 7iadt. Intersected by Etawah and Bhognipur Branch Canal and East Indian Railway. Area, 415 square miles, of which 215 south,

the wild ravine-clad region along the banks of the

are cultivated; population (1881) total revenue,

of 2

£34,6^i

161,446; land revenue, ;^3o,8o3 incidence 1

rental paid by cultivators,

Government revenue per

acre, 2s. 3|d.

In 1883, the

criminal courts, with 4 police stations {thdnds )

ta/istl

contained

strength of regular

men village watchmen {chauk'iddrs), 333. Bharthna. Village in Etawah District, North-Western Provinces, and head-quarters of Bharthna tahsil, 1 2 miles from Etawah town, and police, 62