ELLICHPUR, an old Mohammedan capital in Berar, India, which was the headquarters of a British district now merged with the district of Amraoti. The abolition of the district has reduced the importance of the town, but a narrow gauge railway connects it with Martizapur on the main line to Bombay. It carries on a timber trade with Melghat and the Betul district. Pop. 28,592 (over 7,00o Mohammedans). There are many old Muslim families in reduced circumstances, but some revival of trade has followed the construction of the railway. It has several ginning factories and is connected by good roads with Amraoti and Chi kalda. The adjacent civil station of Ellichpur (Paratwara), which includes the abandoned cantonment, has (1931) a population of 9,799 compared with i I,000 in 1872.