Khutahan
Khutahan, 1908
Northern tahsil of Jaunpur District, United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Ungll, Ran { Badlapur), Karyat Mendha, and Chanda, and lying between 25 50' and 2 6° 12' N. and 82 21' and 82 46' E., with an area of 362 square miles. Portions of the tahsil form enclaves in Partabgarh and Sultanpur Districts. Popu- lation fell from 286,832 in 1891 to 269,438 in 1901. There are 700 villages and only one town, Shahganj (population, 6,430), the tahsil head-quarters. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,27,000, and for cesses Rs. 50,000. The density of population, 744 persons per square mile, is below the District average. Several small drainage channels exist ; but the Gumtl, which crosses the south-west of the tahsil, is the only considerable river. Khutahan contains a large area of good rice land, and also a number of barren usar tracts. The area under cultivation in 1903-4 was 288 square miles, of which 129 were irrigated. Wells supply about seven-eighths of the irrigated area, and tanks and jhlls most of the remainder.
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.
