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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 271.

SHEOPUR TOWN 271 products are pineapples, areca-nuts, and oranges, which prior to the earthquake were a source of great wealth to the people, but much damage was done to the orange groves by deposits of sand. There is also some trade in lime. Shencottah.-Head-quarters of the haluk of the same name in Travancore State, Madras, situated in 8° 59' N. and 77° 15' E., on the high road from Quilon across the Ghats to Tinnevelly, from which place it is about 40 miles distant. Population (1901), 9,039, of whom go per cent. are Hindus. The Tinnevelly-Quilon Railway enters Tra- vancore through this town. There are several tea and coffee estates in the neighbourhood. About 3 miles to the south are the KUTT9LAM waterfalls. It formerly belonged to the Rajas of Ilayatatunad and was annexed to Travancore in 1734. Shendamangalarn.-Town in Salem District, Madras. See SENDA- MANGALAM. Shendurni.-Town in the Jamner tdluka of East Khandesh District, Bombay, situated in 20° 39' N. and 75° 36' E., 1 2 miles east of Pachora on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. Population (lgoi), 6,423 Shendurni was a grant made to the family priest of the Peshwa Baji Rao. It contains a ruined Hemadpanti temple. An annual fair is held here in honour of the god Trimbak. The town has a cotton-pressing factory, and two boys' schools with 26o pupils. Sheoganj.--Town in the north-east of the State of Sirohi, Rajput- ana, situated on the left bank of the Jawai river, and adjoining the cantonment of ERINPURA, whence it derives such importance as it possesses. It takes its name from Rao Sheo Singh, by whom it was founded in 1854. Population (1901), 4,36x. It possesses an elemen- tary indigenous school attended by about 6o boys, and a hospital with accommodation for 12 in-patients. Sheopur Zila.-District of the Gwalior State, Central India, lying between 25° 15' and 26° 24' N. and 76° 38' and 77'47,* E., with an area Of 2,862 square miles. The population in igo1 was 2x4,624, giving a density Of 75 persons per square mile. The district contains three towns, SHEOPUR (population, 6,'712), BARODA (6,381), and SABALGARH (6,039), the head-quarters ; and 729 villages. The south-western and north-eastern portions form a level plain, but the rest is much cut up by hills. The Chambal and Parbati rivers, and their tributaries the Kunu, Aheli, Sip, and Kunwari, drain the district. The crops are of good quality, wheat being largely grown. The district is divided into three parganas, with head-quarters at Sheopur, Bijaipur, and Sabal- garh, and also contains the estate of Sheopur-Baroda and the jhgirs of Khatauli, Amalda, Ba1apur, and Iklod. The land revenue is Rs. 8,13,000. Sheopur Town.-Town in the Sheopur district of Gwalior State,