Pawayan 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.

Pawayan Tahsil

North-eastern tahsil of Shahjahanpur District, United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Pawayan, Baragaon, and Khutar, and lying between 27 55' and 28 29' N. and 79 53' and 80 23' E., with an area of 591 square miles. Population fell from 249,222 in 1891 to 223,359 in 1901, the decrease being the largest in the District. There are 653 villages and one town, PAWAYAN (population, 5,408), the tahsil head-quarters. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,90,000, and for cesses Rs. 46,000. The density of population, 378 persons per square mile, is the lowest in the District. In the north lies an area of about 52 miles of forest. The Gumti, which is here a small stream, crosses the centre of the tahsil t and on either bank extends an arid stretch of sandy soil with malarious swamps in the low-lying places. The western portion is more fertile, and there is some good land between the forest and the central tract. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 360 square miles, of which 114 were irrigated. Wells supply three-quarters of the irrigated area, and swamps or jhils most of the remainder.