---

Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 366.

366 MĪRPUR SA-RO' ` Mirpur Sakro.-Tāluka of Karachi District, Sind, Bombay, lying between z4° 14' and z4 51' N. and 670 g' and 67° 55' E., with an area of 1,137 square miles, of which nearly half is kalar land. The population in igoi was 27,6oo, compared with 26,o64 in i8gi. There are 74 villages, but no town. The village of Mirpur Sakro is the head-quarters. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 6o,ooo. The western half of the tąhska is almost entirely un- inhabited and uncultivable. Towards the sea, tidal creeks break the coast-line and form extensive mangrove swamps. Irrigation is derived chiefly from the Baghar canal, with ten branches, and from two smaller canals. The chief crops are barley, rice, bājra, and til. Mirta.-District and head-quarters thereof in jodhpur State, Rajputana. See MERTA. Mirzāpur District. - District in the Benares Division of the United Provinces, lying between 23° 52' and 25° 32' N. and 82° 7' and 83° 33' E., with an area of 5,238 square miles. It is bounded on the north by Jaunpur and Benares ; on the east by the Bengal Districts of Shahabad and Palamau ; on the , south by the Surguja Tributary State and the State of Rewah ; and on the west by Allahabad. The District of Mirzapur extends over a larger area than any other in the United Provinces, except those situated in the Himalayas, and exhibits a corresponding diversity of natural features. The northern portion, with an area of about i,ioo square miles, forms part of. the Gangetic plain, extending Physical aspects. on either bank of the great river. South of the . Ganges the outer scarp of the Vindhyas forms an irregular rampart, sometimes advancing to the bank of the Ganges, and sometimes receding to io miles or more away. The Vindhyan plateau stretches from the northern scarp for a distance of 3o or 40 miles to the Kaimurs, which look down on the valley of the Son. The eastern portion of the plateau forms part of the BENAREs ESTATE, and a considerable area is set aside by the Maharaja as a game preserve. The scenery in this tract is among the wildest and most beautiful in the District, and the portion where the hills meet the plains is especially picturesque. The Karamnasa descends by a suc- cession of falls, including two known as the Latifsah and Chhanpathar, which, from their beauty, are deserving of special notice. The tribu- tary stream of the Chandraprabha leaves the plateau by a single cascade, called Deo Dhari, 400 feet in height, whence it passes through a gloomy and precipitous gorge, 7 miles long, over a huge masonry dam to the open country beyond. After passing the crest of the Kaimur hills, a more rugged, imposing, and elevated range than the Vindhyas, an abrupt descent of 400 or 5oo feet leads down into the valley of the Son. The easiest