Indore Zila
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.
Indore Zila
District of the Indore State, Central India, lying between 22° 22' and 23° 9' N. and 74° 36' and 76° 15' E., with an area of 1,570 square miles. It is bounded on the north by Gwalior ; on the west by Gwalior, Dhar, and the British pargana of Manpur ; on the south by the Nimar district of Indore : and on the east by Dewas. The district lies mainly on the Malwa plateau, and shares in the general conditions common to that tract. In the south, where it meets the Vindhyan range, it is somewhat cut up by hills. The population decreased from 279,915 in 1891 to 254,423 in 1901, giving a density in the latter year of 162 persons per square mile. The district contains 639 villages and two towns, Indore Citv (population, 86,686) and Gautampura (3,103), besides enclosing the Camp of the Agent to the Governor-General (see Indore Citv) and Mhow. It is in charge of a Sufia/i, whose head-quarters are at Indore city; and for administrative purposes it is divided into seven parganas, each in charge of an anfin, who is collector and magistrate, with head-quarters at Indore, Betma, Depalpur, Petlawad, Khurel, Mhow, and Sanwer. The land revenue is about 1 2-6 lakhs.
A considerable trade in grain antl opium is carried on, these commodities being exported mainly from Indore and Mhow. The district is traversed by the Ajmer-Khandwa section of the Rajputana- Malwa Railway, and by metalled roads from Agra to Bombay, Indore to Simrol and Khandwa, Mhow to Nimach, Indore to Betma, and Indore to Depalpur, while many new feeder-roads are under construction.
