Sehwan Taluka, 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.

Sehwan Taluka

Taluka of Larkana District, Sind, Bombay, lying between 25 53' and 26 39' N. and 67 29' and 67 58' E., with an area of 1,272 square miles. The population in 1901 was 54,779, compared with 53,574 in 1891. The taluka contains two towns SEHWAN (population, 5,244), the head-quarters, and BUBAK (3,300) and 65 villages. Owing to its physical features this taluka, with a density of only 43 persons per square mile, is less thickly popu- lated than any other. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to i6 lakhs.

Sehwan is the most picturesque taluka in the District, for the hills curve south-west almost up to the Indus, while the Manchhar Lake forms its north-western boundary. The lands round the lake are irrigated by its overflow and produce excellent wheat, but south of them there is little regular cultivation. The Chitawah, a meandering stream, which enters the taluka from the north and winds towards the Indus, is the chief source of irrigation in the north-east. The riparian lands of the Indus are irrigated by small watercourses which debouch from and again flow into the river.