Agra

Agra, a division, district, and city situated in the Doab, N.W. Provinces of India. The division comprises six districts. The area of the district is about 1,873 square miles, and the population over a million. As regards phvsical characteristics the country presents an almost uniform level intersected by watercourses and small ravines. The elevation above the sea is about 650 to 700 feet, and the soil is sandy and ill-supplied with water, except in the immediate neighbourhood of the four chief rivers, the Jumna, the Chambal, the Uttaugan, and the Kari. The gross revenue in 1871 was £660,520; that derived from land being £162,882. Eighty-eight per cent. of the population are Hindus.