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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 18, p. 395.

NAR WAL 395 for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 3,31,000, and for cesses Rs. 3r,ooo. The tahsil consists roughly of a belt of land near the Narbada river, where the soil has been impoverished by the action of drainage and much cut up into ravines; a rich black-soil tract behind this, and then some sandy and stony land leading up to the Satpura Hills on the south. Narsinghpur Town.-Head-quarters of the District and tahsil of the same name, Central Provinces, situated in 22' 57'N. and 79' 13'E., on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway to Jubbulpore, 564 miles from Bombay. Population (igor), 11,233. It was formerly called Chhota- Gadarwara, and the name of Narsinghpur was given when a temple of Narsingh (the man-lion incarnation of Vishnu) was erected about loo years ago. Narsinghpur proper stands on the west bank of the small river Singri; and the houses on the eastern bank are really situated in a separate town called Kandeli, but are included within the munici- pality of Narsinghpur. The Singri, though of absolutely insignificant size, is liable to sudden floods; and in 18gi it submerged the town and civil station, and washed away numerous houses, though the exertions of the civil officers prevented any loss of life. It has been dammed to afford a water-supply to the town. Narsinghpur was created a municipality in 1867. The municipal receipts during the decade ending 1901 averaged Rs. 15,000. In 1903-4 they were Rs. 17,000, mainly derived from octroi, but including a grant of Rs. 4,000 from Provincial funds for education. With the exception of the export of timber from the Chhindwara forests, there has not hitherto been much trade at Narsinghpur, the adjoining station of Kareli being a more important centre. But since the opening of the railway to Saugor, Kareli has been diminishing and Narsinghpur increasing in importance. Hand-weaving and dyeing and book-binding are among the local handicrafts. The town contains a printing press with Hindi and English type, which issues three monthly vernacular periodicals. It has an English middle and other schools, and three dispensaries. A mission station of the American Meth6dist Episcopal Church has been established here. Narsipur.-Taluk and town in Hassan District, Mysore. See HOLE-NARSIPUR. Narsipur.-Taluk of Mysore District, Mysore. See TIRUMAKUDAL- NARSIPUR. Narukot.-Petty State in REWA KANTHA, Bombay. Narwal.-Eastern tahsil of Cawnpore District, United Provinces, conterminous with the pargana of the same name, formerly called Sarh Salempur. It lies south-west of the Ganges, between 26° 8' and 26° 25' N. and 80° 14' and 80° 34' E., with an area of 218 square miles. Population fell from 98,784 in 18gr to 92,860 in 1901, the VOL. XVIII. C C