Hinganghat 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.
Hinganghat Tahsil
Southern tahsil of Wardha District, Central Provinces, lying between 20° 18 and 20° 49' N. and 78° 32' and 79° 14' E., with an area of 729 square miles. The population in 1901 was 94,801, compared with 111,465 in 1891. The density is 130 per- sons per square mile. The tahsil contains one town, Hinganghat (population, 12,662), the head-quarters; and 207 inhabited villages. Tl;]e demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 1,86,000, and for cesses Rs. 19,000. Hinganghat has a larger proportion of the spring crops, wheat and linseed, than the rest of the District. The local variety of cotton, called after the name of the town, was formerly well-known, but the seed has now become mixed with inferior varieties, and the quality has deteriorated. Excluding 17 square miles of Government forest, 88 per cent, of the available area is occupied for cultivation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 540 square miles. The tahsil consists of an undulating plain of fertile black soil.
