Robertsganj
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.
Robertsganj
Southern tahsil of Mirzapur District, United Pro- vinces, comprising the farganas of Barhar, Bijaigarh, Agorl, and Smgraull (including Dudhl), and lying between 23 52' and 24 54' N. and 82 32' and 83 33' E., with an area of 2,621 square miles. Population fell from 241,779 m 1891 to 221,717 m igor. There are 1,222 villages and two towns, neither of which has a population of 5,000. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs, 64,000, and for cesses Rs. 24,000. This tahsil is situated entirely in the hilly country, and supports only 85 persons per square mile. About one- third of it lies on the Vmdhyan plateau, which is drained to the west by the Belan, and is bounded on the south by the great rampart of the Kaimurs looking down on the valley of the Son. A fertile strip of moist land crosses the plateau between the Belan and the Kaimuis, and produces a great variety of crops. South of the Son lies a tangled mass of hills, covered with low scrub jungle, and inteispersed by more fertile valleys and basins, in which cultivation is possible. Pargana Dudhi is managed as a Government estate, and proprietary rights exist in only one tappa. The whole tract south of the Son is non-regulation/ and is administered under special rules suitable to the primitive character of its inhabitants. Agricultural statistics are maintained only for an area of 654 square miles, of which 255 were under cultivation in 1903-4, and 27 were irrigated. Dams and embankments are the chief means of irrigation.
