ODEYPOOR, or MEWAR, a Rajpoot state of India, bounded on the N. and W. by the British district of Ajmere and the native states of Godwar and Serohee, S. by the Myhee-Caunta, Dongurpore, and Banswara; and E. by Purtabghur, Tonk, Gwalior, and Boondee. It stretches from N. Lat. 23. 46. to 25. 56., and from E. Long. 72. 50. to 75. 38.; has a length of 150 miles, a breadth of 130, and an area of 11,614 square miles. The south-western part of this territory is occupied by the Aravalli Mountains, which extend thence along the frontiers of Oodeypoor northwards to Ajmere. To the north of Komulmair, this chain takes the name of Mhairwarra, and at this part it varies from 6 to 15 miles in breadth. The wild and deep glens of these mountains are occupied by Bheels, Minas, and Maurs; and the fastnesses of the southern part of the range have likewise given shelter to numerous native tribes, acknowledging no superior power, and paying no tribute. The geological formation of the mountains consists for the most part of granite, quartzite, and gneiss; and many valuable minerals are obtained here. Tin, silver, and copper are the principal metals that occur. The remainder of the country has an average elevation of 2000 feet above the level of the sea, and slopes gradually from S.W. to N.E. The principal rivers are the Banas and the Beris, flowing N.E. from the foot of the mountains. The rana or prince of
Oodeypoor is regarded as the head of the Rajpoot States, although his supremacy is not acknowledged in any other respect; from which circumstance it has been inferred that these princes were formerly possessed of real power over the whole of Rajpootana. The state of Oodeypoor became tributary to the British government by the treaty of 1818; and the amount of tribute was originally fixed at L.22,400 per annum, but this was reduced in 1848 to L.20,000. A corps of Bheels was raised in 1841 at the joint expense of the British and Oodeypoor governments, in order to reduce to subjection the Bheel districts of the country; and this has been performed with complete success. Pop. estimated at 1,161,400.