Ranpur, Orissa

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Ranpur

One of the Tributary States of Orissa, Bengal, lying between 19 54' and 20 12' N. and 85 8' and 85 28' E., with an area of 203 square miles. It is bounded on the north, east, and south by Purl District, and on the west by the State of Nayagarh. The south-west is a region of forest-clad and almost entirely uninhabited hills, which wall m its whole western side, except at a single point, where a pass leads into the adjoining State of Nayagarh. To the north and east there are extensive fertile and populous valleys. The State claims to be the most ancient of all the Onssa Tributary States, and its long list of chiefs covers a period of ovei 3,600 years. It is the only State whose ruler refrains from pretensions to an Aryan ancestry ; and in 1814, m i espouse to an inquiry addiessed to all the chiefs, the Raja was not ashamed to own his Khond origin. The State yields an estimated revenue of Rs. 54,000, and pays a tribute of Rs. 1,401 to the British Government. The population increased from 40,115 m 1891 to 46,075 in 1901. The number of villages is 261, and the density is 227 persons per square mile. Hindus number 45,762, by far the most numerous caste being the Chasas (14,000). The capital of the State is 14 miles from the Kalupara Ghat station of the East Coast section of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway, and about 10 miles from the Madras trunk road, with which it is connected by a feeder road partly bridged and metalled. The State maintains a middle English school, 3 upper primary and 38 lower primary schools, and a dispensary.