Muttra Tahsil, 1908
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.
Muttra Tahsil
South-western tahsil of Muttra District, United Provinces, conterminous with the pargana of Muttra, lying between 27° 14' and 27° 39' N. and 77° 20' and 77° 51' E., with an area of 396 square miles. Population rose from 234,914 in 1891 to 246,521 in 1901. There are 218 villages and six towns, the largest of which are Muttra (population, 60,042), the District and tahsU head-quarters, Brindaban (22,717), and Gobardhan (6,738). The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,94,000, and for cesses Rs. 55,000.
The density of population, 623 persons per square mile, is the highest in the District. The /a/zi-// extends from the Jumna to the low hills on the Bharatpur border, and contains the celebrated hill called Giri Raj. To the east the influence of the Jumna extends for three miles inland, low alluvial soil, ravines, and sandy dunes being found along its banks. From the edge of this broken ground a flat uniform plain stretches to the hills, without a single stream. The principal autumn crops are jowdr, cotton, and bdjra ; the spring crops are gram and wheat. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 297 square miles, of which 117 were irrigated. The Agra Canal supplies an area twice as large as that served by wells.
