Tirwa Tahsil
Tirwa 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, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Southern tahsil of Farrukhabad District, United Provinces, comprising the pargatias of Tirwa, Saurikh, Sakatpur, and Sahrawa, and lying between 26" 46' and 27° 5' N. and 79° 19' and 79° 58' E., with an area of 380 square miles. It is bounded on the north by the Isan, and the Arind and Pandu rivers form part of its southern boundary. Population increased from 168,673 i^^ 1891 to 180,086 in 1 90 1. There are 256 villages and two towns, the larger being Tirwa (population, 5,763), the tahsil head-quarters. The de- mand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,53,000, and for cesses Rs. 45,000. The density of population, 474 persons per square mile, is below the District average. The tahsil consists of a central table- land of fertile loam, through the centre of which passes the Cawn- pore branch of the Lower Ganges Canal, flanked by sandy tracts sloping down to the rivers north and south. In the north are found numerous swamps and small lakes, but drainage operations have improved this area considerably. Rice is grown more extensively in this tahsil than elsewhere in the District. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 197 square miles, of which loi were irrigated, canals and wells serving an equal area ; tanks and small streams supply 7 or 8 square miles.
