Maharajganj Tahsil, 1908
Maharajganj 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.
Northern tahsil oi Gorakhpur District, United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Haveli, Binayakpur, and Tilpur, and lying between 26° 53' and 27° 29' N., and 83° 7' and 83° 56' E., with an area of 1,239 square miles. Population fell from 511.450 in 1891 to 504,325 in 1901. There are 1,265 villages, but only one town, Siswa Bazar (population, 2,901). The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 4,05,000, and for cesses Rs. 66,000. The density of population, 407 persons per square mile, is the lowest in the District. The northern and central portions of the tahsil contain a considerable area of forest and rich pasture land. Numerous streams from the Nepal tarai intersect the damp malarious area on the border, and are dammed to flood the rice which forms the staple crop. The area under cultivation in 1903-4 was 740 square miles, of which 173 were irrigated. Wells supply about two-sevenths of the irrigated area, and tanks, swamps, and streams the remainder.
