Narsinghpur Tahsil, 1908
Narsinghpur Tahsil, 1908
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.
Eastern tahsil of Narsinghpur District, Central Provinces, lying between 22° 37" and 23° 13' N. and 79° 1 and 79° 38 E., with an area of 1,106 square miles. The population in 1901 was 148,738, compared with 172,801 in 1891. In 1902, 11 villages were transferred to the tahsil from Saugor District, and the adjusted population is 150,305. The density is 136 persons per square mile- The tahsil contains two towns, Narsinghpur (population, 11,233), the head-quarters of the tahsil a.nd District, and Chhindwara (4,216) ; and 533 inhabited villages. Excluding 186 square miles of Govern- ment forest, 61 per cent, of the available area is occupied for cultivation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 489 square miles. The demand for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 3,31,000, and for cesses Rs. 31,000. The tahsil consists roughly of a belt of land near the Narbada river, where the soil has been impoverished by the action of drainage and much cut up into ravines ; a rich black-soil tract behind this, and then some sandy and stony land leading up to the Satpura Hills on the south.
