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

=Ballia Town =
{Baliya). — Head-quarters of the District and tahsil
of the same name, United Provinces, situated in 25 44' N. and
84 io' E., on the north bank of the Ganges, and on the Bengal
and North-Western Railway. Population (1901), 15,278. The name
of the town is popularly derived from Valmiki, the poet ; but it has
no history, though an attempt has been made to identity it with some
of the remains visited by the Chinese pilgrims. The old town of Ballia
was almost entirely destroyed by the erosive action of the Ganges
between 1873 an d 1 87 7. Houses and offices were built on a new site ;
but the river still cut away the bank, and in 1894 the head-quarters
were removed to Korantadih. A new civil station was then laid out
a mile from the Ganges, and occupied in 1900. Ballia contains the
usual public offices and a hospital and several schools.

It has been
a municipality since 1871. During the ten years ending 1901 the
income and expenditure averaged Rs. 10,500. In 1903-4 the income
was Rs. 23,000, chiefly derived from a tax on circumstances and
property (Rs. 5,000) and receipts at fairs (Rs. 12,000); and the
expenditure was Rs. 23,000. Sugar and cloth are manufactured ; and
the town is one of the chief trade centres in the District, oilseeds
and ghl being exported, and rice, piece-goods, metals, and salt being
imported. Ballia is noted for the great Dadri fair held annually on
the full moon of Kartik (October-November). The attendance reaches
500,000 to 600,000 in favourable years, and a large trade is done
in cattle and miscellaneous goods. Small charges levied from the
dealers form the greater part of the municipal income. The munici-
pality manages 1 school and aids 1 1 others with a total attendance
of 570, besides the District school with 180 pupils.

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Jyoti at 22:30, 22 April 2017

Pdewan: Created page with " {| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"| This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLA..."

Pdewan: Created page with " {| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"|
This article has been extracted from
THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.
OXFORD, AT THE CLA..."