Kohat Tahsil, 1908

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Kohat Tahsil, 1908

Tahsil of Kohat District, North- West Frontier Province, lying in two portions between if 22' and if 45' N. and 71 degree 5' and 71 degree 40' E., and between 33 degree 3' and 33 degree 20' N. and 71 degree27' and 71 degree 46' E., with a total area of 811 square miles. The tahsil is divided into two parts, separated by an extension of the Teri tahsil reaching to the foot of the Afridi hills, by which the District is bounded on the north. The western portion, which contains the town and cantonment of Kohat, consists of the valley of the Kohat Toi, after its issue from Lower Mlranzai and the adjacent hills. The other part is a strip of barren and fairly level country along the right bank of the Indus north of Khushalgarh. The population in 1901 was 79,601, compared with 69,984 in 1891. It contains the town of Kohat (30,762), the District and tahsil head-quarters ; and 89 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 90,000.

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.