Hodal

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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, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Hodal

Town in the Palwal Tahsil of Gurgaon District, Punjab, situated in 27° 53' N. and 77° 23' E., on the grand trunk road between Delhi and Muttra, and on the Delhi-Agra branch of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. Population (190 1), 8,142. A cotton-ginning factory gave employment to 61 persons in 1904, but the town has little trade. Saltpetre is refined to a certain extent. The Jat chief, Suraj Mai, was connected by marriage with the Jats of Hodal, and the remains of several fine buildings erected by him still exist. The municipality was created in 1867. The income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 6,100, and the expenditure Rs. 5,000. In 1903-4 the income amounted to Rs. 6,300, chiefly derived from octroi ; and the expenditure was Rs. 7,300. There is a Government dispensary.