Katoi 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.

Katoi Tahsil

Western tahsil of Nagpur District, Central Provinces, lying between 21 degree 2' and 21 degree 31' N. and 78 degree 15' and 78 degree 59' E., with an area of 800 square miles. The population in 1901 was 162,588, compared with 157,100 in 1891. The density is 200 persons per square mile. The tahsil contains five towns — Katoi, (population, 7,313), the head-quarters, Narkher (7,726), Kelod (5,141), Mohpa (5,336), and Mowar (4,799)— and 356 inhabited villages. Excluding 56 square miles of Government forest, 77 per cent, of the available area is occupied for cultivation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 540 square miles. The demand for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 2,57,000, and for cesses Rs. 22,000. The tahsil contains tracts of very fertile land in the valleys of the Wardha and Jam rivers, and some hilly and stony country to the south. It is one of the great cotton- growing areas of the Province.