BANKURA—BANNU.
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Bengal (Smith & Elder, 1868). Also Census Report of 1881, the Revenue Sun>ey Report of the District, and the Provincial Administra1880-82.]
tion Reports for
Bankura. District,
— Chief town and administrative head-quarters of Bankura
Bengal, on the north bank of the
Dhalkisor
Lat.
river.
23° 14' N., long. 87° 6' 45" E.
Population (1881) 18,747, consisting of Hindus, 17,829; Muhammadans, 859; and ‘others,’ 59. Area of town site, 2400 acres. Municipal income in 1881-82, ;C’]22, of which
^655
was derived from taxation; expenditure,
>
average incidence
Bankura contains,
of taxation, 8|d. per head of municipal population.
besides the usual public buildings, courts, treasury, post-office,
a Government school and a library. as very healthy.
being
The
Considerable trade
rice, oil-seeds, lac,
is
station
—
and
dry,
and
is
jail, etc.,
regarded
carried on, the chief exports
cotton and silk cloth, silk cocoons,
the principal imports English piece-goods, nuts,
is
salt,
etc.,
and
tobacco, spices, cocoa-
pulses.
Bannawasi.
—Town
in
North Kanara
District,
Bombay
Presidency.
See Banavasi.
—
District in the Derdjdt Division of the LieutenantBannu. Governorship of the Punjab, on the north-western or Pathan frontier,
and 33° 15' n. lat., and between 70° 26' and long. Area 3868 square miles; population (1881) 332,577. Bounded on the north by the Khatak Hills in the British District of Kohat on the east by the British Districts of Rawal Pindi, Jhelum (Jehlam), and Shahpur; on the west and north-west by hills in the occupation of independent Wazirl tribes and on the south by the District of Derd Ismail Khan. The civil station and head-quarters of the administration are at the town of Edwardesabad, situated near the lying between 32“
10'
72° E.
north-west corner of the District, in
Physical Aspects.
— The
north to south, divides
it
lat.
32° 59'
n.,
long 70° 38'
e.
Indus, passing through the District from into
two
distinct portions.
Westwards from
the river, after a strip of open plain, the country rises rapidly into a
range of
hills
— the
Khatak-Niazai or Maidani range, a part of the
trans-Indus continuation of the Salt
Range
—
in
which one peak, that
of Sukha Ziarat, rises to a height of 4745 feet above the sea level. Beyond lies the valley of Bannu proper, stretching to the frontier hills, irregular oval, measuring 60 miles from north to south, and about 40 miles from east to west. Girt in by mountains, the valley itself is open and comparatively level, having a soil composed of thick deposits, apparently of lacustrine clay, mingled more or less copiously with sand and pebbles. Towards the south and east, the sand in places completely smothers the sub-soil of clay. Northwards, the country is closely cultivated and thickly dotted with villages, trees, and gardens while irrigation channels, flowing between grassy banks, impart an air of
an
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