Shikohabad Tahsil, 1908
Shikohabad Tahsil
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.
South-western tahsil of Mainpuri District, United Provinces, conterminous with the pargana of the same name, lying between 26 53' and 27 n N. and 78 29' and 78 50' E., with an area of 294 square miles. Population increased from 140,093 in 1891 to 157,659 in 1901. There are 287 villages and two towns, the larger of which is Shikohabad (population, 10,798), the tahstl head- quarters. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,71,000, and for cesses Rs, 44,000. The density of population, 536 persons per square mile, is the highest in the District. On the south-west the tahsll is bounded by the Jumna, while the Sirsa flows through the centre.
The Sengar crosses the northern portion, and the Aganga rises near Shikohabad. North of the Sirsa the soil, though light, is very fertile but south of this river it becomes sandy and continues to deteriorate till the Jumna ravines are reached. The tract south of the Sirsa is irri- gated by the Bhogmpur branch of the Lower Ganges Canal, When first constructed this work interfered with drainage, but cuts have been made to improve this. In 1902-3 the cultivated area was 196 square miles, of which 160 were irrigated. Wells supply more than half of the irrigated area, and the canal about a third. The dry tract suffered to some extent during the scarcity of 1896-7.
