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− | Southern | + | Southern tahsil of Saugor District, Central Provinces, lying |
between 23 9' and 23 54' N. and 78 $6' and 79 22' E., with an area | between 23 9' and 23 54' N. and 78 $6' and 79 22' E., with an area | ||
of 1,299 square miles in 1901. The population decreased from 171,090 | of 1,299 square miles in 1901. The population decreased from 171,090 |
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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.
[edit] Rehli
Southern tahsil of Saugor District, Central Provinces, lying between 23 9' and 23 54' N. and 78 $6' and 79 22' E., with an area of 1,299 square miles in 1901. The population decreased from 171,090 m 1891 to 138,030 in 1901 In 1902, ii villages and 30 square miles of Government forest were transfened to Narsmghpur District, and the icvised totals of area and population are 1,254 square miles and 136,463 persons The density is 109 persons per squaie mile, or below the District average. The tahsil contains two towns, GARHAKOTA (popula- tion, 8,508) and DEORI (4,980) ; and 660 inhabited villages. The head-quarters of the tahsil are at Rehll, a village of 3,665 inhabitants, situated at the junction of the Sonar and Dehar rivers, 26 miles from Saugor by road, Excluding 327 square miles of Government forest, 69 per cent, of the available area is occupied for cultivation The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 443 square miles. The demand for land revenue m the same year was Rs. 1,71,000, and for cesses Rs 18,000. The tahsil contains some fertile plain country lound Garhakota and Deorl, with stretches of poor hilly land on the western and southern borders