Agra Barkhera.—Petty State or guaranteed Thakurate under the Bhopal Political Agency (Central India). Lat. 23 57 n., long. 77 32 e. The chief of the State holds the rank of Thakur, with a grant of 12 villages from Sindhia, to whom he pays annually £588 as istamrdr dues or quit-rent. In 1857 the then chief Thakur, Chattar Sal, joined the rebels, and his estate was confiscated ; the villages held from Sindhia were, however, afterwards restored to the present chief, Thakur Balwant Singh, who also receives from Karwai £30, and from Sindhia £237, yearly. Estimated revenue, £100 ; population (1881) about 4500. source: Imperial gazetteer of India 1885
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