260 SEVENTH REPORT—1837. 
The Talooks of Cheekooree, 354: square miles, and Munowlee, 
390 square miles, have been added to Dharwar, so that the 
area of the collectorate now amounts to 9122°913 square miles ; 
but 39 per cent. of this consists of wood and jungle, and uncul- 
tivated lands, and 61 per cent. appears upon the returns as 
cultivated. 
Dharwar is divided into 22 Talooks and 137 Turruffs, 
Mahls, Summuts, or Khiryats,independently of the subdivisions 
of the Talooks of Cheekooree and Munowlee. The Talook of 
Dharwar has 136 towns and villages, Meesreekoht 133, 
Purusghur 59, Nowlgoond 43, Hoongoond 170, Dumbul 96, 
Bunkapoor 115, Nuwee Hooblee 97, Ranee Beednoor 139, 
Kettoor 81, Sumpgaon 70, Beereeh 135, Rhone 77, Bagul- 
koht 141, Hangull 173, Goottull 123, Badamee 148, Padsha- 
poor 202, Kohr 182, Talooks of Cheekooree, and Munowlee 
225. To the above are to be added 189 villages, 47 of which 
sent in population returns, although their names were not in 
the government lists; 108 were not included because they 
were Jagheer or Eenam villages; and 34 were depopulated 
and overlooked. The total number of villages in the collect- 
orate amounted to 2734; of this number 2491 were populated, 
and 243 were deserted. Of the above, 1899 British villages 
sent in returns, 225 did not send returns; 155 were deserted, 
but their lands were under cultivation by neighbouring vil- 
lagers; 230 alienated villages sent in returns, 137 alienated 
villages did not send in returns; and 88 deserted villages had ~ 
not their lands under cultivation. With the aid of some 
trifling estimates the total amount of population appeared to 
be 838,757, averaging 91:94 inhabitants to the square mile, 
336°71 to a village, and 4°48 to a house. Of the 119 British 
towns, there are only three whose population exceeds 10,000 
souls, viz. Dharwar 11,802; Belgaon 11,037; and Mujeed- 
poor 15,387. One town has above 8000 inhabitants, (Bagul- 
koht) ; two with 6000; one 5000; thirty-six with from 2000 
to 4000; and seventy-seven with from 1000 to 2000 souls. 
All the village lands being kept in definite measurements, it 
appeared that the cultivated land of the whole collectorate 
was 61°11 per cent., and waste only 38°89 per cent. 
Rivers.— All the chief rivers of Dharwar flow to the eastward; 
they have their source in the Ghats, and join the Kistnah. 
The principal are the Gutpurba, the Malpurba, and the 
Wurdah : the falls of the Gutpurba, near to Gokauk, are said 
to be strikingly fine. 
Hill Forts.—Dharwar, like the other collectorates, has to 
boast of its hill forts. 
