Excerpt from The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Vol. 2: Balasor to Biramganta Balasor. - District in Orissa under the lieutenant-governor of Bengal, lying between 20 Degrees 43' 50 and 21 Degrees 56' 30 N. Lat., and between 86 Degrees 18' 40 and 87 Degrees 31' 20 E. Long.; area, 2066 square miles; population, according to the Census of 1881, souls. It is bounded on the north by Midnapur District and the Tributary State of Morbhanj on the east by the Bay of Bengal; on the south by Cuttack District, the Baitarani river forming the boundary line; and on the west by the Tributary States of Keunjhar, Nilgiri, and Morbhanj. The administrative head-quarters are at Balasor town, on the Burabalang river. Balasor derives its name from Bal-eswara, 'the Young Lord, ' or 'lord of Strength, ' t'.e. Krishna or perhaps from Ban-eswara, 'the Forest Lord, ' t'.e. Mahadeva. The administrative head-quarters of the District are at Balasor town. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.