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generality of the habitations give Kadi a mournful look. The State
makes an annual grant of Ra. x, 701 to the municipality. Several fairs
are held during the year, but the trade of the town is not very great.
The chief industries are weaving; calico-printing, and the manufacture
of brass and copper utensils. The cantonment is at present garrisoned
by a detachment of State troops.
Kadipur-Eastern iahsil of Sultanpur District, United Provinces,
comprising the farganas of Aldema, and Chanda, and lying between
25° 59′ and 26° 23′ N. and 82° 6′ and 82° 41′ E., with an area of 441
square miles. Population fell from 174,458 in r89, to 165,45, in 19,0
the rate of decrease being the highest in the District. There are 74t
villages; but no town. The demand for land re l1913-4 w
Rs. 3,69,o.., and for cesses Rs. 59,000. The density of population,
6ot persons per square mile, is below the District average. The tahnl
eased by the Gumtt, and contains a large area of low-lying, badly
dramed ground. It thus suffers .... idembly in wet years, such a
1894. In rgo3-4 the area under cultivation was 163 square miles, of
which 151 w irrigated. Wells and tanks or jhils are of almost
equal importance as a source of supply in ordinary years.
Kadirabad.-Walled town in the Jalna talk of Aurang4bad District,
Ilyderabad State, situated in 19° 51′ N. and 75° 55′ E., on the left bank
of the Kundlike, opposite the town of Jalne. Population (191x),
t,r5q. It is an important centre of the grain and cotton trade, and
contains a weekly barer for grain and cattle. There are three ginning
and two pressing mills, employing 471 hands. Post and customs offices
are located here.
Kadiri. Taluk-Western faluh of Cuddapah District, Madras, lying
between 13° 47′ and 14° 31′ N. and 77° 51′ and 78° 28′ E,. with an area
of r,r58 squat miles. It is very irregular in shape, its extreme length
being 45 miles, and its maximum breadth 35 miles. The population in
r9or was 145,5,9, compared with 134,915 in 1891, the increase during
the decade being greater than in any other talk of the District. The
density was n6 persons per square mile, compared with the District
average of 148. It contains one town, KAUIRI (population, 10,493),
the head-quarters;and139 villages. The demand for land revenue and
e n 19,3-4 amounted to Rs. 1,07,o,o. The tkluk is very stony
and b=e,, and is cut up by detached rocky hills which are usually
destitute of vegetation. During the hot season therymsentirely depend
for water on wells, the rivers and almost all the tanks being quite dry.
These wells a constructed at great cost and with considerable labour,
the ground below the thin surface soil being often solid rock. The
Maduleru, one of the feeders of the Chinavati, rises in the Mink, and
the Papsghni passes through its southern and south-eastern portions;
but they are of little use for irrigation. The soil is very poor, being
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