Lalitpur 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.
Lalitpur Tahsil
Tahsil of Jhansi District, United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Lalitpur, Bans!, Talbahat, and Balabahat, and lying between 24° 16' and 25° 12' X. and 78° 10' and 78° 40' E., with an area of 1,058 square miles. Population fell from 157,153 in 1891 to 144,638 in 1901. There are 368 villages and two towns: Lalitpur (population, 11,560), the tahsil head-quarters, and Talbahat (5>693)- ihe demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 80,000, and for cesses Rs. 16,000.
The density of population, 137 persons per square mile, is below the District average. Lalitpur is bounded on the west and north-west by the Betwa. In the south lie the outer scarps of the Vindhyan plateau, while gneiss hills crop up in the north. The space between is largely occupied by black soil, which gradually changes in the north to a thin red, and there is a little alluvium along the Betwa. The black soil has for some years been in a poor state owing to the si^read of kans iySacchariim spontaneum\ but the red soil is fairly protected by well-irrigation. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 244 square miles, of which 38 were irrigated, almost entirely from wells.
