Revision as of 19:33, 27 February 2015

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Ken

(or Kayan ; Skt. KarnavaH ; the Kaiuas of Arrian). — River of Bundelkhand. It rises in the north-western slopes of the Kaimur Hills (23 degree54' N., 8o° io' E.), and flowing north-east through Damoh and Panna enters Banda District in the United Provinces near Bilharka. After a course of more than roo miles along the border of and through Banda, it joins the Jumna near Chilla, on the road from Banda to Eatehpur, 230 miles from its source. The river flows in a deep, well- defined bed, and is navigable for small boats as far as Banda town ; but there is not much traffic. At Banda the bed is sandy, but pebbles and fragments of quartz and other rocks are found in it, which arc polished and made into ornaments. Above Banda the bed becomes more rocky, and the scenery near Kharauni is singularly beautiful. A canal taking off from the river near Bariarpur in the Ajaigarh State has recently been completed. At present it is designed to irrigate only a part of Banda District : namely, the area between the Ken and Baghain, of which it will command about half, or 374,000 acres. The reservoir formed in connexion with this project will impound about 182 million cubic feet of water in the valley of the river.