BIHIYA—BIJAIGARH.
422
Population (i88i) 1656, principally Hindus; residing Noted for the excellence of its ironwork.
Sitapur town. in
217 houses.
—
{Beehea). Village in Shahabad District, Bengal. A large on the East Indian Railway, with considerable local trade; 14 miles from Arrah, and 382 from Calcutta. Bihiya. A branch canal of the Son irrigation system, branching from the twenty-seventh mile-post of the Arrah Canal, and extending to a small watercourse connected with the Ganges, near Bihiya village, a
Bihiya
station
—
distance of 30^^ miles.
has 7 distributar)- channels, which again have all directions to convey the water over
It
small cuts or trenches leading in
the
fields.
Bihora.
— Petty State of Rewa
square mile
Kantha,
Bombay
Area,
Presidency.
estimated revenue (1882) ^^150, of which ^^5 as tribute to the Gaekwar of Baroda. The chief has the
Thakur.
is
paid
title
of
—
ToAvn in Bilsi tahsil, Budaun District, NorthBihta Gosain. Western Provinces, situated at the intersection of the roads from Bilsi to Islamnagar, and from Sahaswan to Bisauli. A small sum is raised by means of a house-tax, under the provisions of Act xx. of Bihta Gosain was the 1856, for police and conservancy purposes. first village of the District to suffer from disturbances on the outbreak of the Mutiny in May 1857. Bija.
— One of the Simla Hill
Punjab Government. square miles;
population
villages;
33
States, in political
connection with the
Lat. (centre) 30° 56' x., long. 77°
(1881)
2' e.
1158,
area,
namely,
4
771
The chief or Thakur Hindus, 363 Sikhs, and 24 Muhammadans. holds his lands under a satiad in the usual terms, being confirmed in all
his
rights
on condition of paying
tribute to defray the expenses
of British protection, promoting the welfare of the
rdyats
and maintaining the security of the named Udai Chand, of Rajput caste.
cultivation of the land,
present
Thakur
is
- ^io a year as compensation
ment.
Revenue of the
for lands required
State,
militar)’
and the
roads.
He
The
receives
for Kasauli canton-
and
police,
20 men.
Tribute paid to the British Government,
Bijagarh.
— Ruined
hill-fort
among
the Satpura
hills,
in
ancient
Lat 21° 36' N., long. 75° of Holkar, known as Bijagarh, has taken With the exception of the small district
times the capital of the province of Nimar.
The modem district name from this fortress.
30' E. its
of Barwani,
the
Southern Nimar. only £^000.
Bijaigarh.
Circar of Bijagarh comprises
nearly the whole of
yielded a revenue of
000, but in 1820
In 1796
— Ruined
it
fort
in
Mirzapur
Provinces.
Lat. 24° 34' 38" x., long. 83°
summit
wooded
of a
North-Western Perched on the and 50 (Soane), Son
District,
13' 35" e.
height, 9 miles north of river
