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BHILA URI—BHILSA.

392

The

according to the Census of i88i, number in the

Bhi'Is,

Males.

Bombay

Presidency,

172,29s

.

Females.

Total.

169,339

341.634

Unknown.

Rajputana, Central India,

111,256

.

166,343

217,022

105,766

Total

— See

724.999

also Bhilwara, Dangs, etc. Bhilauri {BMldudi). Town in theTdsgdon Sub-division, Satara District, Bombay Presidency prettily situated on the left bank of the river

Kistna (Krishna), facing the village of Akalkhop, 9 miles west of Tasgaon.

16°

Lat.

30"

59'

town

site,

74° 30' 45"

N., long.

namely, Hindus, 5580

E.

Muhammadans, 413

107 acres.

population (1881) 6569, and Jains, 576 ; area of

Bhlleng, or Bheeleng. River and town in Shwe-gyin British Burma. See Bilin. Township in Shwe-gyin District, Bhlleng-kyaik-htO. Burma. See Bilin-kyaik-to.

Bhilgarh.

— Town

in

Gwalior

territory,

Central India.

District,

British

Population

(1881) 6427, namely, Hindus, 5440; and Muhammadans, 987. Bhillang. A feeder of the Bhagfrathi river. Rises in lat. 30° 46' N.

78° 55'

long.

in

E.,

Garhw^l, North-Western Provinces, and flowing

south-west for 50 miles, joins the Bhagfrathi in 78° 31'

It

E.

fish called,

is

lat.

30° 23' N., long.

considered sacred by the Hindus, and abounds with

by Moorcroft, ‘trout’

Bhilolpur {Bahlolpur).

—Town

in

Ludhiana

District,

Lat

Punjab.

population (1881) 2842. Only noticeable Municipal income in as being one of the oldest towns in the District. 30° 54'

N., long.

76° 21'

E.

1880-81, ^^136; expenditure, ;^ii6. Petty State in Rew£ Kdntha, Bombay Presidency. Bhiloria. Area, 9 square miles, with ii villages; estimated revenue ;^i2oo,

of which ;^24 2 is paid holds the title of Thdkur.

but the

soil

is

as

tribute

The

land

to is

The chief the Gdekwir. much broken up by ravines

mostly a rich black loam, yielding the better class of

crops, cotton, millet, oil seeds, sugar-cane,

and

rice.

Revenue District and fortified town in Gwalior State, Bhilsa. Central India. The town is situated 26 miles north-east of Bhopal, on the right or eastern bank of the river Betwa, in lat. 23° 31' 35" N., and long. 77° 50' 39" E., level,

by a ditch

good

and

is

feet

above

sea-

houses.

fort

Population

Muhammadans, 1077; and 19^

perched on a rock 1546

enclosed by a castellated stone wall, and surrounded the suburb outside has some spacious streets containing

and has a

feet in length, with a

(1881)

7070,

‘others,’ 12.

namely,

In the

Hindus, 5981 ; an old gun,

fort lies

bore of 10 inches, said to have been

made