a town of Hindustan, and chief place of the British district of the same name, lying within the limits of the lieutenant-governorship of the north-western provinces. It is situated on the eastern bank of the Rapti River, which is navigable for boats at all seasons of the year. A few of the houses are of brick, but the larger portion, though tiled, have mud walls. On the east side of the town, and on the highest ground that could be appropriated for the purpose, is the cantonment of the British troops. Pop. (by census of 1853) 54,529. The district, of which this place is the principal town, is bounded on the N. by the kingdom of Nepal, on the E. and S.E. by the British district of Saran, on the S. by that of Azimgur; and on the W. by the native state of Oude. It lies between N. Lat. 26°7', 27°30', E. Long. 82°12', 84°30', and includes an area of 7340 square miles. The population amounts to 3,087,874; of these, 2,716,775 are Hindus, and 371,099 Mohammedans. The tract constituting this district was formerly part of the territory of Oude, and was transferred by the vizier to the East India Company in 1801 in commutation of subsidy. The town of Goruckpore is in Lat. 26°42', Long. 83°23'.