Muktsar 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.

Muktsar Tahsil

{Mukfesat) tahsil of Ferozepore District, Punjab, lying between 30° 9' and 30° 54' N. and 74^4' and 74° 52' E., with an area of 935 square miles. It is bounded on the north-west by the Sutlej, which divides it from Montgomery and Lahore Districts ; on the east by Faridkot ; and on the south-east by Patiala. On the west is a belt of alluvial land along the left bank of the Sutlej, irrigated by the Grey Canals. The middle portion of the tahsil is a level plain with a firm soil, while north and south the country is sandy. The central and southern portions are irrigated by the Sirhind Canal. The popu- lation in 1901 was 172,445, compared with 161,492 in 1891. The head-quarters are at the town of Muktsar (population, 6,389). The tahsil also contains 320 villages. The land revenue and cesses in- 1903-4 amounted to 2-7 lakhs.