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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 123.

EH02VGÎR TILUK 123 lies for the most part in the Beds lowlands. The Bhunga ildka is especially remarkable for its salubrity and fertility. Bhomorâguri Hill.-Place of archaeological interest in Darrang District, Eastern Bengal and Assam. See TEZPUR. Bhongaon Tahs11-Eastern tahsil of Mainpuri District, United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Bhongaon, Bewar, Alipur Patti, and Kishni Nabiganj, and lying between 26° 58' and 27° 26' N. and 79° 1' and 79° 26' E., with an area Of 459 square miles. Population increased from 195,368 in î89z to 226,940 in igoi. There are 390 villages and only one town, BHONGAON (population, 5,582), the tahsil head-quarters. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,86,ooo, and for cesses Rs. 46,ooo. These figures have been raised in the new settlement to Rs. 3,19, 000 for revenue and Rs. 51,000 for cesses. The density of population, 494 persons per square mile, is above the District average. On the north the tahsil is bounded by the Kali Nadi, while the rivers Isan and Arind cross it from north-west to south-east. It contains a large proportion of sandy soil or bhûr, especially near the Kali Nadi, while the loam area south of the Isan includes considerable areas of barren soil or usar and large swamps. During the cycle of wet years, beginning in x883, the tract near the Kali Nadi suffered from flooding, and kilns spread in the affected area. Ample irrigation is provided by three branches of the Lower Ganges Canal, which supply more than half the irrigated area, and by wells, which supply about one-third. In i goo-i the area under cultivation was 260 square miles, of which 205 were irrigated. Tanks and streams irrigate about 20 square miles, a larger area than in any other tahsil in the District. Bhongaon Town.-Head-quarters of the tahsil of the same name in Mainpurï District, United Provinces, situated in 27° i6' N. and 790 1 V E., on a branch of the East Indian Railway, and on the grand trunk road. Population (1901), 5,582. According to tradition, the town was founded by a mythical Raja Bhim, who was cured of leprosy by bathing in a pond here. It was the head-quarters of a pargana under Akbar, and a high mound marks the residence of the dmil or governor. Bhongaon is administered under Act XX of 1586, with an income of about Rs. 1,300. It has very little trade. The tahsili school has about 70 pupils. Bhongir Tâluk.-North-western tirluk of Nalgonda District, Hyder- âbad State, with an area of 1,054 square miles. Including jagirs, the population in igoi was 194,606, compared with 144,546 in 18gi. The tdluk contains one town, BHONGiR (population, 5,806), the head- quarters; and 235 villages, of which 143 are jdgir. The Nizam's State Railway passes through the tdluk from west-south-west to east-north- east. The land revenue in igoi was 1-4 lakhs. Rice, castor-seed,