Muzaffarnagar 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.

Muzaffarnagar Tahsil

Central tahsil of Muzaffarnagar District, United Provinces, stretching north-east to the Ganges, and lying between 29° 22' and 29° 45 N. and 77° 27' and 78° 7' E., with an area of 464 square miles. It comprises five parganas : Muzaffarnagar, Baghra, Charthawal, Pur Chhapar, and Gordhanpur. The population has risen from 206,496 in 1891 to 239,064 in 1901. The tahsil con- tains 264 villages and three towns : namely, Muzaffarnagar (population, 23,444), the District and /fl-Zm/ head-quarters. Pur (6,384), and Charthawal (6,236), In 1903-4 the demand for land revenue was Rs. 4,03,000, and for cesses Rs. 51,000. The tahsil Hes chiefly on the upland area of the District ; but pargana Gordhanpur, situated in the Ganges khddar, is a low-lying swampy tract in a state of chronic depression in spite of attempts to drain it. In 1894 the inhabitants of i\\h pargana were removed, owing to the fear that the Gohna Lake would flood the whole area when it burst ; and the tract is still largely waste. The tahsJi is irrigated by the Upper Ganges Main Canal and the Deoband branch. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 334 square miles, of which 127 were irrigated.