Baghalkhand

Baghalkhand, the name of five native states, under the political superintendence of the governor-general's agent for Central India, lying to the south of the districts of Mirzapur and Allahabad. The total area is 11,324 sq. m.; pop. (1881) 1,512,595; (1891) 1,737,095. The following are the states included in the agency, which up till 1871 was under Bundelkhand: (1) Rewah, in the east, by far the largest and most important, with a population of 1,508,903. It is rich in minerals and forests. The capital and residence of the political agent is Rewah, 131 miles SW. of Allahabad. Sutna is the chief railway station. (2) Nagode, on the eastern border of Rewah, is traversed by the East India Railway (pop. 84,097); the capital, of same name, is a British cantonment. (3) Maihar, north of Jabalpur district; pop. 77,546. (4) Sohal, north of Nagode; pop. 43,853. (5) Koti; pop. 22,656.