Mahaban Tahsil, 1908
Mahaban Tahsil
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.
Central eastern tahsll of Muttra District, United Provinces, conterminous with the pargana of the same name, lying between 27° 14' and 27° \\' N. and 77° 41' and 77° 57' E., with an area of 240 square miles. Population rose from 133,488 in 1891 to 136,566 in 1901. There are 192 villages and four towns, the largest of which is Mahaban (population, 5,523), the tahsil head-quarters. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,95,000, and for cesses Rs. 52,000. The density of population, 569 persons per square mile, is slightly above the District average. On the west and south the Jumna flows in a sinuous course, bordered by a strip of sandy ravine land, i to 3 miles wide, of no \alue except as grazing-ground. East of this the land is generally fertile, but up to 1903 irrigation was entirely supplied by wells, which irrigated 47 square miles in 1903-4 out of 195 under cultivation. Most of the tahsil is now commanded by the Mat branch of the Upper Ganges Canal, opened in November, 1903. Cultivation has suffered from the spread of a weed called baisuri, which flourishes in dry seasons. The most important crops 2aejo7vdr and cotton in the autunin, and mixed barley and gram and pure wheat in the spring.
