The estimated revenue of the state is £250,000, and the state pays a subsidy of £13,000 for the Bhopal battalion.
The residence of the political agent and the headquarters of the Bhopal battalion are at Sehore, 20 m.
Since then Bhopal has been steadily loyal to the British government, and during the Mutiny it rendered good services.
The city of Bhopal, a railway station, had a population in 1901 of 76,561.
Besides the Bhopal battalion, a regiment of imperial service cavalry is maintained, under the name of the Victoria Lancers.