Hapur 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.
Hapur Tahsil, 1908
South-eastern Tahsil of Meerut District, United Provinces, comprising the patxivuis of Hapur, Sarawa, Garhmuktesar, and Path, and lying between 28° 35' and 28° 54' N. and 77° 41' and 78° 12' E., with an area of 411 square miles. The population rose from 212,047 i'l i'^9' to 243,468 in 1901. There are 292 villages and two towns, H.^pur (population, 17,796), the tahs'il head-quarters, and Garhmuktesar (7,616). In 1903-4 the demand for land re\enue was Rs. 4,04,000, and for cesses Rs. 68,000. The density of popu- lation is low for this District, being only 592 persons per square mile. On the east there is a considerable area of khddar land bordering on the Cjanges, which forms the eastern boundary. Above this lies a broad stretch (jf upland, much of which is intersected by ridges of sand ; but irrigation from the Anupshahr l)ranch of the Upper Ganges Canal has rendered the cultivation of most of this productive. In the east the Kali NadI runs through high bhu)\ and other streams flow in narrow deeply cut channels. Many drains have been made to carry off the flood- water from above, but the tract is still precarious. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 320 sijuare miles, of which 1 1 2 were irrigated.
