Harda Tahsil, 1908

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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.

Harda Tahsil

Western tahsil of Hoshangabad District, Central provinces, lying between 21° 53' and 22° 35' N. and 76° 47' and 77° 31' E., with an area, in 1901, of 1,483 square miles. The popula- tion in that year was 131,438, compared with 143,839 in 1891. In 1904, 38 villages and the Kallbhit tract of 'reserved' forest were transferred to Nimar, and the revised totals of area and population are 1,139 square miles and 128,858 persons. The density is 113 persons per square mile. The tahsil contains one town, Hard.\ (population, 16,300), the head-quarters; and 400 inhabited villages. Excluding 279 square miles of Government forest, 78 per cent, of the available area is occupied for cultivation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 521 square miles. The demand for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 2,28,000, and for cesses Rs. 22,000. The northern portion of the tahs'il consists of a level plain fully cultivated, with black soil of great depth and fertility. In the west there are some low hills, while to the south the Satpura range runs through the tahsil. The small Feudatory State of Makrai lies in the centre.