Rohri Taluka

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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.

Rohri Taluka

Taluka of Sukkur District, Sind, Bombay, lying between 27 4' and 27 50' N. and 68 35' and 69 48' E., with an area of 1,497 square miles. The population rose from 81,041 in 1891 to 85,089 in iQor. The taluka contains one town, ROHRI (population, 9,537), its head-quarters ; and 69 villages. The density, 58 persons per square mile, us much below the Distnct average, The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 1-7 lakhs. The Eastern Nara Canal runs south thiough the high-lying land, which has to be irrigated by lifts. Fail rice, jowar, and, near the Indus, wheat crops are grown. In the south, uanges of sandhills lelieve the monotony of the country , but there the soil is barren and fit only for grazing.