Narwal
Narwal, 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.
Eastern tahsil of Cawnpore District, United Provinces, conterminous with the pargana of the same name, formerly called Sarh Salempur. It lies south-west of the Ganges, between 26° 8 and 26° 25' N. and 80° 14' and 80° 34' E., with an area of 218 square miles. Population fell from 98,784 in 1891 to 92,860 in 1901, the decrease being greater than in any other tahsil in the District. There are 170 villages and one town, Narwal (population, 2,214), the taks'il head-quarters. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,20,000, and for cesses Rs. 35,000. The density of population, 426 persons per square mile, is below the District average. From the banks of the Ganges rises a high cliff of poor soil ; but the land is more fertile in the centre of the tahsil, which is drained by the Pandu, and in the south, where the Rind flows through a well-cultivated area. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 116 square miles, of which 45 were irrigated. Wells supply two-thirds of the irrigated area, and the Cawnpore and Fatehpur branches of the Lower Ganges Canal most of the remainder.
