Sultanpur Tahsil, U.P.
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.
Sultanpur Tahsil
Central tahsil of Sultanpur District, United Provinces, comprising the pm-ganas of Miranpur and Baraunsa, and lying between 26° 2' and 26° 31' N. and 81° 49' and 82° 22' E., with an area of 508 square miles. Population increased from 330,964 in 1891 to 340,211 in 1901. There are 828 villages, but only one town, Sultanpur (population, 9,550), the District and tahsil head-quarters. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 4,27,000, and for cesses Rs. 69,000. The density of population, 670 persons per square mile, is the highest in the District. Through the centre of the tahsil flows the Gumti, in a tortuous course. Floods are often caused in its valley, but do not extend far ; and the rest of the country is an elevated tract of fertile soil. The southern portion contains a number of large jhlls or swamps. In 1 903-4 the area under cultivation was 304 square miles, of which 138 were irrigated, wells and tanks or jhils being of almost equal importance as a source of supply.
