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BHOR, a native State of India, in the Revankatha agency, Bombay, situated among the higher peaks of the Western Ghats. Its area covers 925 square miles. Pop., 1931, 141,546; the tribute is 1312. The chief, whose title is pant sachiv, is a Brahman by caste. The town of Bhor is 25m. S. of Poona. Pop. 1931, 5,185. The Bhor Ghat, on the northern border of the State, has always been the main pass over the Western Ghats between the sea-coast and the Deccan, and is traversed by the main line of the Great Indian Peninsula railway.