BHA USINGH—BHA VANI.
382
Lat. 21° 45 n., long. 72° 12' 30" e. population (1881) namely, Hindus, Muhammadans, 34,978 47,792, 8434 3714 Jains, 248 Christians, 95 Parsis, and 323 ‘others.’ The town was founded in 1742 by Bhau Singh, and rapidly rose to influence under a line of
Presidency.
'
who encouraged commerce and suppressed
princes
munities that infested the Gulf of Cambay.
It
the piratical com-
has a good and safe
harbour for shipping of light draught, and carries on an extensive trade, the principal market and harbour of export for cotton in
being
Kathiawar.
It
and weaving
possesses a spinning
approached by a cotton to Bombay in 1874-75 was valued
and post-office. Bhausingh. trade
—
— Market
Bengal.
District.
salt,
Lat.
jute,
mill,
working 12,064
The harbour winding creek. The
several steam presses.
spindles in 1875, of access, being
and
village
at .;^i,3i3,799.
on the Bhagirathf
river,
is difficult
export
of
Dispensary in
Bardwan
23° 36' 24" N., long. 88° 13' 30" E.
Chief
cloth.
Comprised within the municipality of
— River
rising in the
Dainhdt.
Bhavani {Bhawdni ).
Kunda group
of the Nflgiri
Madras Presidency. It enters the low country in lat. 11° 9' n., and after a winding course eastward, 105 miles in long. 76° 37' E. length, during which it receives several affluents, the Moyar being the The chief chief, it joins the Kaveri (Cauvery) at the town of Bhavani. places on its banks are Mettapolliem (Mettupalayam), where it is crossed by a good masonry bridge, Attani, Denaikankotia, Satyamangalam, and Fish abound in the Bhavim', where it joins the Kaveri (Cauvery). Hills,
is considered unwholewhich three are important, viz. Arkankottai and Tadapalli, from the Kodivalli anicut near SatyamanThe gross galam, and the Kalingarayan, from the anicut near Bhavani. revenue from the irrigated lands is _^,C24,7oo. Taluk in Coimbatore District, Madras Presidency. Bhavani. Houses, Area, 722 square miles, containing i town and 61 villages. population (i88i) 94,123, being males 46,230, and females 19,651 The taluk is bounded on the north and east by the Kaveri 47,893. river; on the south by the Erode taluk, and on the west by the Satyamangalam and Collegal taluks. The north and west are hilly and covered with forest, the Burghur (Bargur) hills marking the western boundary. Wild tribes, of whom little is known, are found on the hills.
stream, especially near Mettapolliem
the water
,
It feeds four irrigation works, of
some.
—
The
taluk, especially near the forests,
is
unhealthy.
Irrigation
is
carried
on to a small extent, chiefly by the Appagiidal series of tanks, irrigating Area about 536 1428 acres, of which 1292 are assessed at ^814. Land revenue, are occupied. acres which square miles, of 135,327 of the soil is per cent, Above 66. of villages, Number 80 ^11,858. red sand, and the average dry assessment per acre is is. lod. The
