Mungeli 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.

Mungeli Tahsil

Western tahsil of Bilaspur District, Central Provinces, lying between 21° 53' and 22° 40' N. and 81° 12' and 82° 2' E. In 1901 its area was 1,794 square miles, and the population was 255,054. On the formation of the new Drug District, the portion of the tahsil south of a line drawn from the north-east corner of Kawardha State to the junction of the Agar and Seonath rivers was transferred to the Bemetara iahsll of that District. The revised area and population of the Mungeli tahsil are 1,452 square miles and 177,116 persons. The population of the same area in 1891 was 248,740. The density is 122 persons per square mile.

The tahsil contains one town, Mungeli (population, 5,907), the head-quarters ; and 878 inhabited villages. It includes the zamindari estates of Pandaria and KantelT, with an area of 5 1 2 square miles and a popula- tion of 53,937. Of the zamindaris, 263 square miles are covered with tree and scrub forest. The land revenue demand in 1902-3 on the area now constituting the tahsil was approximately i-i8 lakhs. The iahsll has 410 square miles of Government forest, and also contains a tract of black soil and the ordinary rice land of Chhattisgarh. The open country is noticeably bare of trees.