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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 9, p. 103.

B URHfl NPU.R TAHSĪL 103 wan was constituted a municipality in 1865. The income during the decade ending 1901-2 averaged Rs. r,13,3oo, and the expenditure Rs. r,o0,300. In 1903-4, out of a total income of Rs. 1,43,000, Rs.39,000 was derived from a tax on houses and lands, Rs. 24,000 from a water rate, Rs. 17,000 from a conservancy rate, Rs. 6,ooo from a tax on vehicles, Rs. 4,000 each from tolls and from rents, Rs. 3,000 from markets, and Rs. 5,060 from educational institutions. The inci- dence of taxation was RS. 2-8-7 per head of the population. In the same year the expenditure of Rs. r,lo,ooo included Rs.4,000 spent on lighting, Rs. 2,000 on drainage, Rs. 32,000 on conservancy, Rs. r 1,ooo on medical relief, Rs. 12,000 on roads, and Rs. 7,000 on education. Water-works constructed at a cost of 2 lakhs were opened in 1884, the Mahārajā of Burdwan contributing half a lakh, and the remainder being borrowed from Government, the health of the town has since greatly improved. The town possesses the usual public offices. The District jail has accommodation for 256 prisoners, the chief industries being surki pounding and the manufacture of oil and newdr; carpets are also made, and indigo dyeing is carried on on a small scale. The most important educational institutions are the Burdwān Rāj College, a free institution maintained by the Raj, and a technical school affiliated to the Sibpur Engineering College and maintained by the District board with a contribution from the municipality. Būrha.-Former name of BALAGHt1T TOWN, in Bālāghdt District, Central Provinces. Burhdrnpur.-Town in Nimār District, Central Provinces. See BURHANPUR. Burhāslā.-Tahsil and town in Muzaffarnagar District, United Provinces. See BUDHANA. Burhānpur Tahsil.-Southern tahsil of Nimār District, Central Provinces, lying between 21° 5' and 21° 37' N. and 750 57' and 76° 48' E., with an area of 1,138 square miles. The population in 1901 was 92,933, compared with 81,366 in 1891. The tahsil has one town, BURHnNPUR (population, 33,341), the head-quarters; and 194 villages. . It also contains the ancient fort of ASIRGARH. The average density is 82 persons per square mile, but the town of Burhanpur con- tains more than a third of the whole population of the tahsil. Exclud- ing 737 square miles of Government forest, 72 per cent. of the available area is occupied for cultivation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 241 square miles. The demand for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 1,24,ooo, and for cesses Rs. 17,ooo. The tahsil lies in the valley of the Tāpti, a narrow strip of very fertile land, with hills on the north and south. The upper or eastern part of the valley, though containing excellent soil, is mainly covered by forest. This land is now in process of allotment on the ryotwdri system.