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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 13, p. 158.

HO 158 men, and every year in May they meet together and beat the jungles for game of all descriptions. Their national weapon is the bow and arrow. The great majority of the tribe are Animists, and, unlike their allied tribes, very few of them have as yet become converts to Christianity. They are an exceedingly exclusive race, and are well off, as they hold their lands on easy terms. The bride-price is absurdly high, varying from 10 to 3o head of cattle, as compared with 3 head with the Mundas. As a consequence, the large number of adult unmarried girls is a pecu- liar feature in the social state of the community. Hodal.-Town in the Palwal tahsil of Gurgaon District, Punjab, situated in 27° 53′ N. and 77° 23′ E., on the grand trunk road between Delhi and Muttra, and on the Delhi-Agra branch of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. Population (rgoi), 8,142. A cotton-ginning factory gave employment to 61 persons in 1904, but the town has little trade. Saltpetre is refined to a certain extent. The Jat chief, Suraj Mal, was connected by marriage with the Jats of Hodal, and the remains of several fine buildings erected by him still exist. The municipality was created in 1867. The income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 6,roo, and the expenditure Rs. 5,000. In 1903-4 the income- amounted to Rs. 6,300, chiefly derived from octroi; and the expenditure was Rs. 7,300. There is a Government dispensary. Holalkere.-South-western tdluk of Chitaldroog District, Mysore (which included Hosdurga as a sub-tdluk up to 19o2), lying between 13° 52′ and 14° 15′ N. and 76° 2′ and 76° 25′ E., with an area of 405 square miles. The population in 19or was 81,204, compared with 67,051 in 1891. After the reconstruction of the tdluk in 1903 the population was 44,848. The tdluk now contains one town, Holalkere (population, 3,418), the head-quarters; and 1:8o villages. The land revenue demand in 1903-4 was Rs. 87,000. To the east and north are chains of hills included in the Chiknayakanhalli. auriferous band. There is also a group in the west, covered with low Jungle. The rest of the tdluk is comparatively flat, with red soil, though black soil is found in the south-west. There is good grazing towards the centre. The drainage is mostly north-west to the Scilekere tank. Holavanhalli.-Village in the Maddagiri tdluk of Tumkur District, Mysore, situated in 13° 32′ N. and 77° 18′ E., on the west bank of the Jayamangali, r8 miles north-east of Tumkur town. Population (19o1), 1,682. It was originally called Korampur; but Baire Gauda, one of the Avati family, built the fort and named it after the chief in possession. The estate became tributary to Vijayanagar, but was before long taken by the chief of Dod-Ballapur, and two years later by the Subahdar of Sira, who restored it to the family. They fortified Koratagere and extended their territory, continuing to rule till subdued by Haidar Ali. The municipality, formed in 1894, was converted into a Union in 1904.