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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 13, p. 6.

6 HAIDARGARH and 81° 35′ E., with an area Of 291 square miles. The population increased from 194,752 in 1891 to 202,o86 in rgor. There are 373 villages, but no town. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was P's- 3,37,ooo, and for cesses Rs. 52,000. The density of population, 694 persons per square mile, is above the District average. Across the middle of the tahsil flows the Gumti between high sandy banks. South of the river the soil is clay. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 189 square miles, of which 75 were irrigated. Tanks or swamps are a less important source of supply than in other parts of the District. Haidargarh. - Pass in South K-anara District, Madras. See HOS ANGADI. Hailakandi.--Subdivision of Cāchar District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, lying between 24° 12′ and 24° 53′ N. and 92° 26′ and 92° 46′ E., with an area of 414 square miles. It occupies the valley of the Dhales- wari, south of the Barāk, and is separated from Sylhet on the west by the Saraspur Hills. The population in 1891 was 99,869, which by rgol had risen to 112,897, giving a density of 272 persons per square mile, as compared with 121 in the District as a whole. A large part of the sub- division consists of a flat plain producing rice ; but the tea industry is also of considerable importance, and in 1904 there were on the higher ground 31 gardens with 11,353 acres under plant, which gave employ- ment to 27 Europeans and 13,6oo natives. The annual rainfall averages about fro inches, which is considerably less than that recorded in the north of the Cāchār plains. The subdivision contains 269 villages. The head-quarters of the Magistrate in charge, who is almost invariably a European, are located at Hailakāndi. The demand on account of land revenue and local rates in 1903-4 was R.s. 1,33,000. Hajiganj.-Village in the Chąndpur subdivision of Tippera District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated in 23° 15′ N. and 90° 51′ E., on the Dākātia river and Assam-Bengal Railway. Population (19oī), 297. It is an important centre of river traffic. Betel-nuts and rice are exported in large quantities, while the imports include salt, kero- sene oil, and tobacco. Hajipur Subdivision.-Southern subdivision of Muzaffarpur Dis- trict, Bengal, lying between 25° 29′ and 26° 1′ N. and 85° 4′ and 85° 39′ E., with an area of 798 square miles. The subdivision is an alluvial tract, fertile and highly cultivated, containing a number of swampy depressions in the south-east. The population rose from 714,079 in 1891 to 718,181 in 19oi, when there were goo persons to the square mile. It contains two towns, HAJLPUR (population, 21,398), its bead-quarters, and LnI,GANJ (11,502) ; and 1,412 villages. The chief trading centres are Hājipur at the confluence of the Gandak with the Ganges, and Lālganj on the Gandak. BAS~.RH is of interest as the