Baihar
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.
Baihar
{Behir). — Northern tahsil of Balaghat District, Central Provinces, lying between 21 32' and 22 24' N. and 8o° 2' and 8o° 3" E. In 1901 its area was 1,452 square miles, and its population 76,911 persons. In 1904 a redistribution of territory between the Balaghat and Baihar tahsils took place, and also a small interchange of area between the Baihar tahsil and Mandla District. The adjusted figures of area and population are 1,774 square miles and 86,230 persons. The population in 1891 of the area now constituting the tahsil was 91,860. The density is 49 persons per square mile. The tahsil contains 493 inhabited villages. The head-quarters are at Baihar, a village of 1,298 inhabitants, 41 miles from Balaghat town by road. Excluding 664 square miles of Government forest, 26 per cent, of the available area is occupied for cultivation. The demand for land revenue on the present area in 1903-4 was Rs. 34,000, and for cesses Rs. 4,000. The tahsil consists of a series of elevated plateaux, divided and surrounded by hills, and covered for the most part with forest. Large areas of waste land are fit for cultivation, and their colonization on the ryotwari system is in progress. The tahsil includes one whole zamindari estate and parts of three others, with a total zamindari area of 484 square miles, of which 132 are forest.
