Auraiya Tahsil, 1908
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Auraiya Tahsil, 1908
Tahsil of Etawah District, United Provinces, conterminous with the pargana of the same name, lying between 26 22' and 26 41' N. and 79 3' and 79 39' E., with an area of 416 square miles. Population increased from 172,097 in 1891 to 193,333 in 1901. There are 408 villages and two towns : Phaphund (population, 7,605) and Auraiya (7,393), the tahsil head-quarters. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 3,31,000, and for cesses Rs. 53,000. The density of population, 465 persons per square mile, is a little below the District average. The tahsil is divided into four tracts by the rivers Sengar, Jumna, and Chambal. Most of it is included in the ghar, an area lying between the Sengar and Jumna. This has a light sandy soil, which is, however, fertile where irrigated, and it is crossed by the Bhognlpur branch of the Lower Ganges Canal. North of the Sengar the land is richer and is irrigated chiefly from wells. The high land bordering on the Jumna is intersected by ravines and is generally barren, while south of the Jumna the soil is poor and gravelly, except near the rivers, where some good alluvial land is found. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 238 square miles, of which 82 were irrigated, almost entirely from canals.
