Ballabgarh Tahsil, 1908

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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.

Ballabgarh Tahsil

Southern tahsil of Delhi District, Punjab, lying between 28 12' and 28 36' N. and 77 f and 77 31' E., with an area of 395 square miles. It lies to the west of the river Jumna, which separates it from the Bulandshahr District of the United Provinces. The population in 1901 was 126,693, compared with 119,652111 1891.

It contains the two towns of Ballabgarh (population, 4,506), the head- quarters, and Faridabad (5,310) ; and 247 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 2-7 lakhs. The country is in general bare and treeless. On the east lie the Jumna lowlands, while the hills that run south from the Delhi Ridge cross the western portion of the tahsil. The rest consists of a plain of sandy loam.