Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Koreá

KOREÁ, a petty native state in Chutiá Nágpur, Bengal, India, situated between 22° 55′ 50″ and 23° 49′ 15″ N. lat., and between 81° 58′ 15″ and 82° 48′ 15″ E. long., and having an area of 1631 square miles. The state consists of an elevated table-land of coarse sandstone, varying from 2477 to 3370 feet above sea-level. Large forest tracts of sál timber exist. Iron is found throughout the state, and a tribe of Kols, called Agariás from their occupation, are largely engaged in iron-smelting. The field crops consist of rice, wheat, barley, Indian corn, maruá, pulses, oil-seeds, cotton, &c., while the jungle produces stick lac and resin. The population in 1872 was returned at 21,127, viz., 11,093 males and 10,034 females (Hindus, 10,807; Mohammedans, 140; “others,” 10,180). Of aboriginal tribes, the most numerous and influential are the Gonds (4644); next in importance are the Cheros (3009). The chief’s family call themselves Chauhán Rájputs, and claim descent from a chief of that clan, who conquered Koreá six hundred years ago.