Ludhiana 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.

Ludhiana Tahsil

Tahsil of Ludhiana District, Punjab, lying on the south bank of the Sutlej, between 3o°'34' and 31° I'N. and 75° 36' and 76° 9" E., with an area of 685 square miles. The population in 1901 was 333,337, compared with 323,700 in 1891. The town of Ludhiana (population, 48,649) is the tahsil head-quarters, and there are 432 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 5-8 lakhs. The northern portion lies in the Sutlej lowlands, and the southern in the upland plain irrigated by the Abohar and Bhatinda branches of the Sirhind Canal.