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the hills the Amba flows south-west. The State is occupied by basaltic
rocks of the Deccan formation. The climate of that part which is above
the Ghats resembles that of Poona, and the climate of the portion below
that of Kolaba. The rainfall varies from 26 inches at Vichitragarh
to 139 inches at Sudhagarh. The annual fall at Bhor averages 37
inches.
~ Area in Popula Total
Name. Title. Caste, clan, &c. square tion, revenue.
mile. s 1901. T
- Rs.
i. Dhar (portion) , H. H. Raid. Ponwar Maratha 1,765 140,700 9,00,000
2. Jhabua . H, H. Raja. Rathor Rajput . 1,336 80,889 1,10,000
3. Barwani . Rana . . Sesodin Rajput . 1,178 76,136 4,00,000
4. Ali-Rajpur , . Rana , . Rathor Rajput . 836 50,185 i,oo,ooo
5. Jobat . . Rana . . Rathor Rajput , 140 9,443 2I,oco
6. Bakhtgarh . , Thakur . Ponwar Rajput. 65 6,774 6o,ooo
7. Bliarudpura . Bhnmia . Bhilala 22 1,259 6,ooo
8. Barkhera (chhola) 13hi'imia . Bhilala 23 1,929 5,000
9. Barkhera (moles) . Bhnmia . Bhilala 44 6,027 25,000
to. Chiktiabar . . Bhnmia . Bhilala 2 283 825
1I, Dhotria (or Bhai-
sola) . Thakur . Rathor Rajput . 16 3,040 12,000
12. Garhi (or Bhai-
sakho) . . BhTmlia . Bhilala , 6 564 3,000
13. Jamnia . Bhnmia : 13hilala 40 2,877 24,000
14, Kaehhi-Baroda , Thakur . Rathor Rajput . 44 2,783 30,000
15. Kali Baori , , Bhnmia . Bhilala 12 1,646 6,ooo
16. Kathiwara . . Thakur . Jadon Rajput . 69 3,425 4,000
17. Kathoria . . Bhnmia . Bhilala , ,.. ,.. 2,000
18. Kothideh . . Bhnmia , Bhilala 10 328 1,400
19. Mathwar . . Rana . . Ponwar Rajput . 65 1,022 4,000
20. Multhan . . Thakur . Rathor Rajput . 91 7,644 6o,ooo
21. Nimkhera (or
Tirla) . , Bhnmia , Bhilala . 91 4,641 18,000
22. Rajgarh , Bhnmia , Bhilala 20 682 5,000
23. Ratanmal . , Thakur . Ponwar Rajput . 32 1,200 5,000
24, Manpnr (British) , ,., , ,., 6o 4,890 19,800
25, Gwalior (portion) ,.. ... .,. ... 1,275 96,426 58,ooo
26. Indore (portion) . , . ... ... 442 391 343 t,56,6oo
Railways and
militarystation , , , . , 3,410 ..,
Total 7,684 547,546 20,36,625
Noes.-The areas of Nos. 6-r5, 17,18, 20, 21, and 22 have also been included in their parent
States of Dhar, Gwalior, and Inrlore.
Bhor is one of the feudatories of the Satara State, having been
bestowed upon Shankraji Narayan, Pant Sachiv, in 1697 by Raja
Ram, the son of Sivaji, for his services. The family of the chief are
Brahmans, and hold a sanad authorizing adoption. They follow the
rule of primogeniture, and the succession has been maintained by
several adoptions. The State was allied with the British Government
by a treaty of 1820, and became a feudatory like other Satara jdgirs
on the lapse of the Satara State in 1849. From that year to 1887 it
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