Karhal 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.
Karhal Tahsil
Central southern tahsil of Mainpuri District, United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Karhal and Barnahal, and lying between 26 degree 56" and 27 degree 9' N. and 78 degree 46' and 79 1o' E., with an area of 218 square miles. Population fell from 100,297 m 1 89 1 to 98,39s in 1 90 1. There are 189 villages and one town, Kar- hal (population, 6.268), the tahsil head-quarters. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 1,75,000, and for cesses Rs. 28,000. The density of population, 451 persons per square mile, is the lowest in the District, and this is the only tahsil which lost in population between 1 89 1 and 1 90 1. The Sengar, flowing from north-west to south-east, divides the tahsil into two parts. The eastern portion forms part of the great central loam tract ; and its fertility is interrupted only by patches of barren land called usar, and great swamps from which are formed the Puraha and Ahneya streams, flowing into Etawah. Although the west is more sandy it contains no Fisar ; this tract suffered during trie scarcity of 1896-7. In 1901-2 the area under cultivation was 1 10 square miles, of which roi were irrigated. The Etawah branch of the Lower Ganges Canal serves the tract east of the Sengar, supplying about half of the irrigated area; and wells irrigate most of the re- mainder.
