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REWA, or RIWA , a native See also:state of Central See also:India in the See also:Bagelkhand agency. It is the only large state in Bagelkhand, and the second largest in Central India, having an See also:area of about 13,000 sq. m. It is bounded N. by the See also:United Provinces, E. by See also:Bengal and S. by the Central Provinces. On the W. it meets other See also:petty states of Bagelkhand. Rewa is divided into two well-defined portions. The See also:northern and smaller See also:division is the See also:plateau lying between the Kaimur range of hills and that portion of the Vindhyas known as Binjh, which overlook the valley of the See also:Ganges. This plateau is for the most See also:part cultivated and well peopled; See also:rich harvests both of kharif and rabi crops are generally obtained. See also:Water is plentiful, and the See also:country is full of large tanks and reservoirs, which, however, are not used for See also:irrigation purposes; the only See also:system of wet cultivation which has any favour with the villagers is that of bunds, or mounds of See also:earth raised at the See also:lower ends of sloping See also:fields to retain the See also:rain water for some See also:time after the See also:monsoon rains cease. The country to the S. of the Kaimur hills comprises by far the largest portion of the state; but here cultivation is restricted to the valley between the hills and the See also:Sone See also:river, and to a few isolated patches in scattered parts of the See also:forest wastes. The See also:principal river is the Sone, which flows through the state in a N.E. direction into See also:Mirzapur See also:district. Another important river is the Tons, but neither is navigable. The See also:annual rainfall averages about 41 in.

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population in 1901 was 1,327,385, showing a decrease of 12% in the See also:decade. Many of the inhabitants of the hilly tracts are Gonds and See also:Kols. Estimated See also:revenue, £200,000. The See also:staple crops are See also:rice, millets and See also:wheat; but more than one-third of the area is covered with forests, yielding See also:timber and See also:lac. The S. of the state is crossed by the See also:branch of the Bengal-See also:Nagpur railway from See also:Bilaspur to Katni, which taps the Umaria See also:coal-See also:field. The state suffered from See also:famine in 1896-97, and again to a less extent in 1899-1900; but on both occasions adequate See also:measures of See also:relief were provided. The state first came under See also:British See also:influence in 1812. The See also:chief, Venkat Raman Singh, was See also:born in 1876, succeeded in 188o and was created G.C.S.I. in 1897. During his minority the See also:administration was reformed. He is Raj put of the Baghela branch of the Solanki See also:race, and is descended from the founder of the Anhilwara See also:Patan See also:dynasty in See also:Gujarat. The See also:town of Rewa is 131 M. S. of See also:Allahabad.

Pop. (1901) 24, 6o8. It has a high school, also the See also:

Victoria and See also:zenana hospitals and a See also:model See also:gaol. The See also:political See also:agent for Bagelkhand resides at See also:Satna, on the See also:East See also:Indian railway: pop. (1901) 7471.

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