Multai

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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.

Multai

Eastern tahsil of Betul District, Central Provinces, lying between 21° 25' and 22° 23' N. and 77° 57' and 78° 34' E., with an area of 1,056 square miles. The population in 1901 was 114,369, com- pared with 128,477 in 1891. The density is 108 persons per square mile. The tahsil contains 417 inhabited villages. Its head-quarters are at Multai, a village of 3,505 inhabitants, 28 miles from Badnur on the Nagpur road and 87 miles from Nagpur.

The village stands on an elevated plateau 2,600 feet high, and contains a sacred tank which is considered to be the source of the river Tapti. The real source of the river is, however, two miles distant. Excluding 364 square miles of government forest, 75 per cent, of the available area is occupied for cultivation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 557 square miles- The demand for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 1,16,000, and for cesses Rs. 13,000. The fahsi/ consists mainly of poor rolling upland, with rich patches of fertile soil in the valleys, and is bordered by rugged hills to the north and south.