Shahabad 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.

Shahabad Tahsil

(i). Northern tahsil of Hardo! District, United Provinces, comprising the farganas of Alamnagar, Shahabad, Sarah (North), Pandarwa, Saromannagar, Pachhoha, Pali, and Mansumagar, and lying between 27 25' and 27 47' N. and 79 41' and 80 19' E., with an area of 542 square miles. Population increased from 248,034 in 1891 to 250,533 in 1901. There are 518 villages and three towns, SHAHABAD (population, 20,036), the tahsil head-quarters, and PIHANI (7,616) being the largest.

The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 3,31,000, and for cesses Rs. 53,000, The density of population, 462 persons per square mile, is almost equal to the District average. Shah- abad is a poor tahsil, containing large areas of sandy soil. It lies between the Sendha, a tributary of the Ramganga, on the west, and the Gumti on the east, and is also crossed by the Garra and its tributary the Stikheta, and by the Sai. In 1901-2 the area under cultivation was 365 square miles, of which 69 were irrigated. Wells supply two-thirds of the irrigated area, and tanks and small streams the remainder.