Jalesar Town
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 Town
Head-quarters of the tahsil of the same name in Etah District, United Provinces, situated in 27degree 28' N. and 78 degree19' E., on the road from Muttra to Etah town, 8 \ miles from Jalesar Road station on the East Indian Railway. Population (1901), 14,348. The town consists of two parts, the fort and the lower town. The fort is said to have been erected by a Rana of Mewar in the fifteenth century ; but nothing remains of the buildings except a mound on which the tahsili, munsifiy police station, and municipal hall now stand.
Thelower town is a collection of narrow streets and lanes, the drainage of which was very defective, but the municipality has completed an efficient drainage scheme, through the Canal department. The streets are well paved and there is a dispensary. Jalesar has been a muni- cipality since 1866. During the ten years ending 1901 the income and expenditure averaged Rs. 10,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 14,000, chiefly from octroi (Rs. 11,000); and the expenditure was Rs. 13,000. There is not much trade ; but cotton cloth, glass bangles, and pewter ornaments are made, and the largest saltpetre factory in the District is situated here. The Raja of Awa has opened a cotton-gin, which employed 125 hands in 1903. A tahsill school has about 130 pupils, and the municipality maintains two schools and aids six others with a total attendance of 331.
