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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 24, p. 424.

424 YERCA UD almost every point, over the plains below. The climate is delightful and equable, seldom rising above 75° and never falling much below 6o°; and interesting excursions can be made to many points of interest. All round are the coffee estates of European planters. It is easily reached by the cart road recently opened from Salem railway station, distance 20 miles. Yergara. -Former tdluk of Raichūr District, Hyderābad State. See MANVI, RAICHUR, and DEODRUG tclluks. Yernagfldem Tāluk.-Upland laluk in Kistna District, Madras, lying between 16° 48' and r7° 1g' N. and 81° 3' and 81° 45' E., on the right bank of the Godāvari river, with an area of 568 square miles. The population in rgor was 140,048, compared with 136,209 in 18g1. The number of villages is 115, of which Kovvłr is the head-quarters. The demand on account of land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 2,89,ooo. To the south, and where it approaches the Godāvari river, the country is flat, but elsewhere it is uneven, rocky, and covered with much low jungle. The more northern portions are malarious. The Yerrakalva, a small river running through the centre of the tdluk, is the principal source of irrigation. The chief crops are rice, cholam, pulses, and oilseeds. Yesagyo. Eastern township of Pakokku District, Upper Burma, lying between 21° 24' and 21° 52' N. and 95° 4' and 95° 21' E., along the banks of the Irrawaddy and Chindwin, with an area Of 564 square miles. The township is flat, except in the west, and large portions of it are liable to inundation. The population was 53,795 In 189 r, increasing to 87,797 in 1go1, distributed in 238 villages. The head-quarters are at Yesagyo (population, 3,522), for some time a municipality, and still a thriving trade centre with a large bazar, on the Chindwin, about 26 miles from Pakokku town. The rainfall is very scanty, but the density of population is comparatively high. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 134 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 2,23,000. Ye-u Subdivision.-Subdivision of Shwebo District, Upper Burma, containing the YE-U, TABAYIN, TAMADAw, and TAZE townships. Ye-u Township.-Central township of Shwebo District, Upper Burma, lying along the bank of the Mu river, between 22° 41' and 22° 56' N. and.95015' and 95° 3o' E., with an area of 140 square miles. The population was 20,073 in 18gr, and 24,190 by igol, distributed in 140 villages. Ye-u (population, 2,504), on the Mu river, the head- quarters, was formerly the head-quarters of a District: of the same name. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 13 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 44,500. Yindaw.-North-western township of Yamethin District, Upper Burma, lying between 200 13' and 200 47' N. and 95° 34' and 96° 2' E.,