Rajanpur Tahsil

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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.

Rajanpur Tahsil

Subdivision and southernmost tahsil of Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, lying between 28 25' and 29 2$' N. and 69 19' and 70 38' E, with an area of 2,019 square miles. It is bounded by the Indus on the east and south-east, and by in- dependent territory on the west. The elevation of the Sulaiman Hills in this tahsil diminishes from north to south, forming a low range with only one prominent peak, Giandan (4,160 feet). South of this the range turns westward, and the tahsil is intersected by hill- torrent beds, while the lowland along the river is subject to inundation.

The population in 1901 was 93,676, compared with 90,225 in 1891, It contains the towns of RAJANPUR (population, 3,917), the head- quarters, and MITHANKOT (3,487); and 179 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to i-i lakhs.