Banda 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.

Banda Tahsil, 1908

Western tahsil of Banda District, United Provinces, conterminous with the pargana of the same name, lying between 25 20' and 25 38' N. and 79 59' and 8o° 32' E., with an area of 427 square miles. Population fell from 112,912 in 1891 to 98,574 in 1901. There are 113 villages and one town, Banda (population, 22,565), the Dis- trict and tahsil head-quarters. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 1,48,000, and for cesses Rs. 24,000. The density of population, 231 persons per square mile, is slightly above the District average. The Ken flows through the centre of the tahsil, which lies almost entirely in the level plain north of the Vindhyas. In 1902-3 only 1 square mile was irrigated, out of 207 square miles under cultivation. The Ken Canal, recently opened, serves part of this tahsil.