Muhamdi Tahsil, 1908

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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.

Muhamdi Tahsil

South-western tahsil of Kheri District, United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Muhamdi, Pasgawan, Atwa Piparia, Aurangabad, Magdapur, Haidarabad, and Kasta (Abgawan), and lying between 27° \\' and 28° 10' N. and 80° 2' and 80° 39 E., with an area of 651 square miles. Population fell from 258,617 in 1891 to 257,989 in 1 90 1, this being the only tahsll in the District where a decrease took place. There are 607 villages and one town, Muhamdi (population, 6,278), the tahsil head-quarters. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 296,000, and for cesses Rs. 49,000.

The density of population, 396 persons per square mile, is the highest in the District. The tahsll is bounded on the west by the Sukheta, and is also drained by the Gumti, Kathna, and Sarayan. A great part is composed of fertile loam; but the large area between the Kathna and Gumti, called the Parehar, is a dry sandy tract where irrigation is generally impossible. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 406 square miles, of which 99 were irrigated. Wells supply more than two-thirds of the irrigated area, and tanks or jhlls most of the remainder.