Jalesar Tahsil
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.
Jalesar Tahsil
South-western tahsil of Etah District, United Pro- vinces, conterminous with thepargana of the same name, lying between 27 degree 18' and 27 degree 35' N. and 78degree 31' E., with an area of 227 square miles. Population increased from 121,030 in 1891 to 133,399 in 1901. There are 156 villages and two towns, including Jalesar (population, 14,348), the tahsil head-quarters. The de- mand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,76,000, and for cesses Rs. 45,000 ; but under the new settlement these figures will be raised to Rs. 2,88,000 and Rs. 47,000. The density of population, 588 per- sons per square mile, is the highest in the District. The tahsil forms an almost unbroken plain. The Rind or Arind touches the north-east corner ; but the chief river is the Sengar, known in this part of its course also as the Isan. Irrigation is provided by means of the Etawah branch of the Upper Ganges Canal.
The tahsil is generally fertile, but is crossed by a line of sandhills, and is interspersed with patches of barren soil or usar and marshes. The drainage has recently been improved. In 1898-9 the area under cultivation was 148 square miles, of which 87 were irrigated. The canal serves more than a third of the irrigated area, and wells supply most of the remainder. In dry seasons the Sengar or Isan is largely used as a source of irrigation.
