Jhang 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.
Jhang Tahsil
Tahsll of Jhang District, Punjab, lying between 31°o' and 31°47' N. and 71 degree 58' and 72 degree 41' E., with an area, since the formation of Lyallpur District in 1904, of 1,421 square miles. The Jhelum enters the tahsil on the north-west and the Chenab on the north-east, and they meet towards the south. The population in 190 1 was 194,454. It contains the town of Jhang-Maghiana (population, 24,382), the head-quarters, and 448 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1905-6 amounted to Rs. 2,56,000. The tahsil extends into the Chenab Colony on the east ; and a strip of the Sandal Bar, still in its pristine state, lies between the rich villages of this part and the cultivated lowlands on either side of the Chenab. Beyond these, waste alternates with cultivation, due to the farthest extensions of the Jhelum Canal, until the Jhelum lowlands are reached, studded with prosperous villages, situated among palm groves. The western border lies within the sandy desert of the Thai.
