The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Vol. 2: Balasor to BiramgantaBalasor. - District in Orissa under the lieutenant-governor of Bengal, lying between 20° 43' 50 and 21° 56' 30 N. Lat., and between 86° 18' 40 and 87° 31' 20 E. Long., area, 2066 square miles, population, according to the Census of 1881, souls. It is bounded on the north by Midnapur District and the Tributary State of Morbhanj on the east by the Bay of Bengal, on the south by Cuttack District, the Baitarani river forming the boundary line, and on the west by the Tributary States of Keunjhar, Nilgiri, and Morbhanj. The administrative head-quarters are at Balasor town, on the Burabalang river. Balasor derives its name from Bal-eswara, 'the Young Lord, ' or 'lord of Strength, ' t'.e. Krishna or perhaps from Ban-eswara, 'the Forest Lord, ' t'.e. Mahadeva. The administrative head-quarters of the District are at Balasor town.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.