Ramtek 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.

Ramtek Tahsil

Northern tahsil of Nagpui District, Central Provinces, lying between 21 5' and 21 44' N. and 78 55' and 79 35' E., with an aiea of 1,129 square miles, The population in 1901 was" 156,663, compared with 157,150 m 1891 The density is 139 persons per square mile, The tahsil contains two towns, RAMTEK (population, 8,732), the head-quarteis, and KHAPA (7,615); and 451 inhabited villages. Excluding 343 square miles of Government forest, 77 per cent, of the available area is occupied for cultivation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 544 square miles. The demand for land revenue m the same year was Rs. 2,27,000, and for cesses Rs. 23,000. The tahsil contains a belt of hill and jungle at the foot of the Satpura range to the north, and in the south he two fertile plains producing wheat and cotton respectively, which are divided by the Pench river.