Rasra Town

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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.

Rasra Town

Head-quarters of the tahsil of the same name in Ballia District, United Provinces, situated in 25 51' N and 83 52' E , on the Bengal and North-Western Railway. Population ( 1901), 9,896. Rasra is a thriving, well-laid-out town, and is commercially the most important place m the District. It is the head-quarters of the Sengai Rajputs, and contains a large tank surrounded by a grove sacied to Nath Baba, their patron saint Near the tank are some scores of earthen mounds which are memorials of satis Rasra is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 2,400. Sugar, hides, and carbonate of soda are exported, and cotton cloth, iron, and spices are imported for local distribution. During the rams a good deal of traffic passes by the Chhoti Sarju The town contains a dispensary, and a school with about 80 pupils.