BANCOORA, a town of Hindustan, in the presidency of Bengal, and the chief place of the district of the same name, is situate on the route from Calcutta to Benares, 100 miles north-west of the former. The district of which it forms the capital has an area of 1476 square miles, and contains a population of 480,000. It occupies a portion of the valley of the River Damooda, in which is situate the great carboniferous and iron-ore tract of Bengal. A branch from the East Indian railway, diverging near the city of Burdwan, and proceeding to Rancegunge, in the north-west angle of the district, where the most valuable collieries are situate, is now under construction. The town of Bancoora is distant from Burdwan W. 60 miles. Lat. 23. 14. Long. 87. 6. (E. T.)