Lodhran

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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.

Lodhran

Southernmost tahsil of Multan District, Punjab, lying between 29° 22' and 29° 56' N. and 71° 22' and 72° 9' E., with an area of 1,057 square miles. On the south the Sutlej divides it from Bahawalpur State. A narrow strip of low-lying country along the river is periodically flooded ; between this and the still uncultivated Bar lies a tract irrigated by inundation canals from the Sutlej. The popula- tion in 1901 was 113,359, compared with 109,752 in 1891. It contains the towns of Kahror (population, 5,552) and Dunyapur (2,150), a place of some historical interest ; and 262 villages, including Lodhran, the head-quarters. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 2-1 lakhs.