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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 24, p. 422.

422 YENGAN 9958 (distributed in 71 villages), of whom over 7,000 were Shan- Burmans or Burmans, about 1,5oo Taungthus, and the rest Shans, Palaungs, and other hill tribes. The residence of the Ngwegunhmu is at the village of Yengan (population, 1,158), towards the north of the State. The revenue in 1904-5 amounted to Rs. 9,8oo, and the tribute to the British Government is Rs. 5,000. Yenur (or Venür).-Village in the Mangalore tdluk of South Kanara District, Madras, situated in 13° 1' N. and 75° 9 E.- Its former impor- tance is attested by numerous remains, the most remarkable being a colossal monolithic Jain statue, 37 feet high, similar to that at K.IRKALA but smaller, which was constructed in 1603. The popula- tion in 1901 was only 628. Yeola Tâlukâ..-South-eastern tdluka of Nasik District, Bombay, lying between 19° 57' and 20° 12' N. and 74° 16' and 74° 44' E., with an area of 410 square miles. It contains one town, YEOLA (population, 16,559), the head-quarters; and 119 villages. The population in 1901 was 56,584, compared with 65,812 in 1891. The density, 138 persons per square mile, is almost equal to the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was nearly one lakh, and for cesses Rs. 8,500. Except for a few small barren hills, Yeola is generally flat; the soil is poor and stony, save in the south-west, where it is very fertile. The highest point is the hill of ANKA1 in the north, which rises 3,182 feet above sea-level. The agricultural wealth of the tdluka is small. Water is scanty, especially in the northern villages which lie near the water-parting of the Girna and the Godavari. The annual rainfall averages 23 inches. Yeola Town.-Head-quarters of the tdluka of the same name in Nasik District, Bombay, situated in 20° 3' N. and 74° 3o E., on the Dhond-Manmad chord line, 13 miles south of Manniad station, on the north-east section of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. Population (1901), 16,559. The municipality, established in 1858, had an average income during the decade ending 19or of Rs. 45,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 43,500, including proceeds of sale of Government securities (Rs. 9,400) and receipts from octroi (Rs. 12,000). Veola owes its importance to its trade in the silk and cotton goods woven here, and also to its manufacture of gold and silver brocade. - The silk looms number 6oo, employ 1,8oo persons, and produce annually fabrics valued at 6 lakhs. Cotton looms number 3,000, employ 7,000 persons, and produce annually cloth valued at 18 lakhs. The manufacture of gold wire gives employment to 500 persons, and is valued annually at 1 lakh. Including the suburbs of Nagda and Baltegaon, these industries employ nearly io,ooo people. At the time of its foundation, Yeola was under the emperor of Delhi; subsequently it passed into the hands of the Rajas of Satara, and then of the Pesh-