Abstract:
The Feudatory States of Orissa consist of a group of 24
dependent territories attached to the Division of Orissa, and comprise
the following States: Athgarh, Athmallik, Bamra, Baramba,
Baud, Bonai, Daspalla, Dhenkanal, Gangpur, Hindol, Kalahandi,
Keonjhar, Khandpara, Mayurbhanj, Narsinghpur, Nayagarh,
Nilgiri, Pal Lahara, Patna, Rairakhol, Ranpur, Sonpur, Taloher
and Tigiria: of these the States of Bamra, Kalahandi, Paftia,
Rairakhol and Sonpur were formerly attached to the Chhattisgarh
Division of the Central Provinces; Bonai and Gangpur were
formerly attached to the Chota Nagpur Division and the remaining
States formerly known as the Tributary Mahals formed part
of Orissa. They lie between 22° 34' and 19° 2’ N., and 82° 82'
and 87° 11' E., and have a population of 3,173,395 and an area
of 28,125 square miles. They are bounded on the north by the
State of Jashpur in the Central Provinoes, the districts of Ranohi,
Singhbhum and Midnapore; on the «ast by the districts of Balasore,
Cuttack and Purl; on the south by the districts of Ganjam
and Vizagapatam in the Madras Presidency and JIhondmala*
(Angul); and on the west by the Raipur district and Rftigarh
State of the Central Provinces and the district of *JamWpur in
the Bengal Presidency and Yizagapatam district iff the Madras Presidency.
