Bahraich Tahsil

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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.

Bahraich Tahsil

Eastern tahsil of Bahraich District, United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Bahraich, Ikauna, Bhinga, and Tulsipur, and lying between 27 16' and 27 56' N. and 81° 27' and 82 13' E., with an area of 918 square miles. Population increased from 356,958 in 1891 to 377,588 in 1901. There are 688 villages and two towns : Bahraich (population, 27,304), the District and tahsil head- quarters, and Bhinga (5,972). The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 5,04,000, and for cesses Rs. 82,000.

The density of population, 411 persons per square mile, is slightly above the District average. Two large areas in the north are occupied by ' reserved ' forests. A tract of tarai or damp rice land in the north, between the forests, is crossed by several streams running into the Raptl. The valleys of this large river, and of its tributary the Singhia, occupy the central part of the tahsil, and on the south lies the upland plateau, drained by the Tirhl. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 591 square miles, of which 105 were irrigated. Tanks or j fills are the chief source of supply, but wells are more used than in other parts of the District.