I^AA^KA—BAKKI. with
75
name, see the StaiisHcal Acccunt of Bengal,
his
vol.
xiv.
pp.
89-91.
Banka. Bengal
—
Small town on the Chdndan river in Bhagalpur District, and head-quarters of the Banka Sub-division. Lat. 24° 33' n.,
long. 86° 58' 5" E.
—
Banka Canal. The name given to the narayan and Rasulpur Canal in Midnapur 22°
to 22°
6'
mouth of
1 1
12' N., long. 88° to 88° 4' e.
reach of the Rtip-
first
District, It
Bengal.
Lat.
extends from near the
of the Rupnardyan at Goonkhali, to the Haldf river, a distance
80
miles, with a top width of
feet,
a bottom width of 40
feet,
and
a depth of 9 J feet. It is a tidal canal, navigable throughout the year. See also Rupn.a.rayan.
—
Bankaner. Gwalior
— Chief town of the small oxAXym^pargafid of Bankaner,
territory.
Situated on the river
Central India.
in
Man, about 30
miles south of Amjhera.
Bankapur.
— Sub-division of
Dharwdr
District,
Bombay
Presidency.
Area, 343 square miles, containing i town and 141 villages. Population (1881) 76,554, of whom 38,264 were returned as males, and 38,290 as
Muhammadans, 11,234;
Hindus numbered 63,637;
females.
‘others,’ 1683.
Bankapur.
— Town
Dhdrwar
in
District,
Bombay
Presidency.
Hindus, 4287; Muhammadans, 1739; and Jains, ii. Area of town site, 283 acres. Post-office. Bankheri. Town in Sohdgpur /'«/«//, Hoshangabad District, Central Provinces. Population (1881) 2643, namely, Hindus, 1914; KabfrPopulation
(1881)
6037,
namely,
—
panthi's,
tribes,
Muhammadans, 349;
8;
314; and
‘others,’ 4.
Christians, 3; Jains, 51 ; aboriginal Railway station on the Great Indian
Peninsula Railway.
Bankl.
— Government Estate
ship, lying
between 20°
and 85° 40' souls.
It is
15' 30"
in Orissa, formerly a
and 20° 30'
N.
lat.,
Feudatory Chief-
and between 85°
23'
long; area, 116 square miles; population (1881) 56,900 bounded on the north by the Mahanadi river (separating
E.
from the States of Baramba and Tigaria), on the east by the District of Cuttack, on the south by the District of Puri, and on the west by
it
Khandpara
State.
A
small portion of the State
lies
north
of the
Mahanadi.
From 1805 of
to 1840, Banki paid an annual tribute to the Government but in the latter year the State was confiscated, owing to the
Raja having been convicted of murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life. From that time it has been under the direct management of the Bengal Government, being included within the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Cuttack. Since being taken under British administration, the estate
has steadily increased in prosperity.
Banki yielded a revenue of ^^1333, which ten years
In
later
1860-61,
(1870-71)
