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Bengal District Gazetteers. Puri

1908

The district is bounded on the north and norteast by asianOnttack ; on the south-east and south by the Bay of Bengal ; on m.' the west by the district of Ganjam in the Madras Presidency ; and on the north-west by the Tributary States of Nayigarh Ranpur and Khandpara. [...] The headquarters subdivision is made up of a 41taic plain stretching front the base of the hills to the Bay of Ben al and occupying three-fifths of the total area of the district. [...] Thu river Daya is in fact the boundary between the plains and the inland hilly tract the country to the north and west being studded with hills while to the south and east the only hills aro the Dhauli hills on the lefts bank of the river and another group close tothe Delang railway station.. [...] the rivers of the Khurda su8"x division to the north ; the deltaic rivers of the alluvial plain in the centre of the district consisting of the Koyakhai its tributaries and offshoots; and a group of three rivers the Prachi Kadua and"DELTAIC/ EMS. [...] The drainage of the western part of the subdivision is carried into the Mahanadi by means of its tributary the Kusumi; to the north it is drained by the Ran and other small streams ; while in the east and south the waters find their way direct iato the Chilka lake.

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Pages
325
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xiv L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter I. Physical Aspects
1-20 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter II. History
21-58 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter III. The People
59-86 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter IV. The Worship of Jagannath
87-124 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter V. Public Health
125-137 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter VI. Forests
138-145 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter VII. Agriculture
146-159 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter VIII. Natural Calamities
160-171 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter IX. Rents Wages and Prices
172-179 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter X. Occupations Manufactures and Trade
180-190 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XI. Means of Communication
191-197 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XII. Land Revenue Administration
198-219 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XIII. General Administration
220-225 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XIV. Local Self-Government
226-227 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XV. Education
228-232 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Chapter XVI. Gazetteer
233-300 L.S.S. O’Malley view
Index
301-311 L.S.S. O’Malley view