Banda

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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.

Banda, Saugor

North-eastern tahsil of Saugor District, Central Provinces, lying between 23 53' and 24 37' N. and 7 8° 40' and 79 13' E., with an area of 704 square miles. The population decreased from 87,193 in 1 89 1 to 72,829 in 1901. The density in the latter year was 103 per- sons per square mile. The tahsil contains 269 inhabited villages. The head-quarters are at Banda, a village of 1,406 inhabitants, distant 19 miles from Saugor by road. Excluding 180 square miles of Go- vernment forest, 54 per cent, of the available area is occupied for culti- vation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 227 square miles. The demand for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 67,000, and for cesses Rs. 7,000. Banda. is the poorest tahsil 'in the District, containing a large area of hill and rock with some open plains of limited extent in the south.