Naushahra Tahsil , 1908
Naushahra 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.
Tahsil oi Peshawar District, North- West Frontier Province, lying between 33 degree 47' and 34° 9' N. and 71° 40' and 72° 15' E., with an area of 703 square miles. It consists of a small tract of low-lying riverain land on both sides of the Kabul river, known as the Khalsa tappa, and of the Khattak pargana which includes the Khwarra-Nilab valley and is separated from it by the Khattak range. This range culminates in the Ghaibana Sir (5,136 feet in height) on the western boundary of the tahsil, and the sanitarium of Cherat (4,542 feet), whence the range trends to the eastward, gradually sinking to 2,380 feet at Hodi Sir above the Indus. Half the tahsil is hilly and very broken country, the main part of its area consisting of the arid and barren slopes on the north of the Khattak hills towards Kabul. The north-west corner is irrigated by the Kabul River Canal. The population in 1901 was 116,163, compared with 180,201 in 1891. It contains the town of Naushahra (population, 9,518), the head-quar- ters, the hill station of Cherat, and 142 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 1,21,000.
