Kalpi 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.

Kalpi Tahsil

Eastern tahsil of Jalaun District, United Provinces, conterminous with the pargana of the same name, lying between 25 degree 53' and 26 degree 22' N. and 79 degree 25' and 79 degree 52' E., with an area of 407 square miles. Population fell from 78,754 in 1891 to 75,692 in 1901. Thereare 154 villages and one town, Kalpi (population, 10,139), the tahsil head- quarters. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 1,55,000, and for cesses Rs. 25,000. The density of population, 186 persons per square mile, is the lowest in the District. The tahsil is bounded on the north-east by the Jumna and on the south by the Betwa, while several small drainage channels enter it from the west and unite to form a stream called the Non. In the south-west the soil is inferior mar, and this tract has recently suffered from bad seasons and is over- grown with kans (Saccharum spontaneum). Near the Jumna the soil becomes lighter, and on the banks of the vast system of ravines which fringe that river and the smaller streams denudation has reduced the fertility of the land. In 1 899-1900 the area under cultivation was 158 square miles, of which only 9 were irrigated.