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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 312.

312 ME WAR The word Mewar is a, corrupted form of the Sanskrit Med Pict, mean- ing the country of the Meds or Meos, a tribe now numerous in Alwar, Bharatpur, Gurgaon, &c. See MEWAT. Mewâr (or Udaipur) Residency.-One of the eight Political Charges into which Rdjputana is divided. Situated in the south of the Agency, it consists' of the four States of UDAIPUR, BANSWARA, DÜNGAR- PUR, and PARTABGARH, and lies between 230 3' and 25" 58'N. and 730 1' and 75° 49' E. It is bounded on the north by the British District of Ajmer-Merwara and the Shahpura chiefship ; on the north-east by Jaipur and BClndi ; on the east it touches Kotah and an outlying district of Tonk, btit the greater part of this boundary is formed by Central India States ; to the south are several States belonging to either Central India or the Bombay Presidency; while on the west the Aravalli Hills separate it from Sirohi and Jodhpur. The head-quarters of the Resident are at Udaipur and those of his Assistant ordinarily at DCmgarpur. The population at the three enumerations was : (1881) 1,879,214, (1891) 2,310,024, and (1901) 1,336,283, The figures for the two earlier years are, however, unreliable, as, except in Partdbgarh, the BhIls who form the majority of the population in the south were not counted, a rough guess only being made of their numbers. But, though the census figures for 1881 and 1891 may have been too high, the loss of population during the last decade was certainly very great, due to the famine of 1899-19oo and the severe epidemic of fever which immediately followed it. In regard to area and population, the Residency stands third among the eight political divisions of Raj- putdna, while the density is nearly 79 persons per square mile, as compared with 76 for the whole Agency. Of the total population in rgo1, Hindus formed nearly 69 per cent., Animists (mostly BUS) 21, and Jains about 6 per cent. The following table gives details re- garding the four States making up the Residency:- State. Area in square Population, Normal land revenue (khalsa), miles. 1901. in thousands of rupees. Udaipur . 12,691 1,o18,8o5 - r 3,6o BBnswara . 1,946 165,35o 85 DCmgarpur 1447 10M03 1,00 Partâbgarh 886 52,025 1,00 Total 16,97o 1,336,283 16,45 There are altogether 8,359 villages and 17 towns. Of the latter, only two have more than 1o,ooo inhabitants: namely, UDAIPUR CITY (45,976) and BHÎLWt1RA (10,346), 1 It has recently been decided to establish a new Agency, comprising the States of Mnswâra, DCmgarpur, and Partâbgarh.