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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 270 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BALLIA , a See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in the See also:

BENARES

Benares See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

UNITED

United Provinces. The town is situated on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges, below the confluence of the lesser Sarju. It is really an See also:

AGGREGATION (from the Lat. ad, to, gregare, to collect together)

aggregation of rural villages. Pop. (1901) T5,278. The district of Ballia, constituted in 1879, occupies an See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle at the junction of the See also:

GOGRA, or GHAGRA

Gogra with the Ganges, being bordered by two districts of See also:

BEHAR, or BIHAR

Behar. It contains an See also:

AREA

area of 1245 sq. m. Owing to the See also:

GREAT

great pressure on the See also:

SOIL

soil from the See also:

DENSITY (Lat. densus, thick)

density of the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, to the reluctance to See also:

PART

part with See also:

LAND

land characteristic of small proprietors, to the generally great productiveness of land and to the very See also:

LIGHT

light See also:

ASSESSMENT, (from Lat. assessare, to sit beside, to judge)

assessment of See also:

government See also:

revenue, land in Ballia, for agricultural purposes merely, has a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market value higher than in almost any other district. It commonly brings in Rs. 200 per bigha, or £20 per See also:

acre, and sometimes See also:

double that figure. In 1901 the population was 987,768, showing a decrease of 5% in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal crops are See also:

rice, See also:

BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley, other See also:

food-grains, See also:

PULSE

pulse, See also:

SUGAR

sugar-See also:

CANE

cane and See also:

OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

There are practically no manufactures, except that of sugar. See also:

Trade is carried on largely by way of the two bordering See also:

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