Pilkhua
Pilkhua, 1908
Town in the Ghaziabad tahsil of Meerut District, United Provinces, situated in 28degree 43' N. and 77degree 40' E., 19 miles south of Meerut city on the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway, and on the metalled road from Delhi to Moradabad. Population (1901), 5,859. The town is badly drained and surrounded by stagnant pools, though a small drainage cut has been made. It contains branches of the Church Missionary Society and the American Methodist Missions. From 1872 to 1904 it was administered as a municipality, with an income and expenditure averaging about Rs. 3,000, but it has now been declared a notified area. 7 The chief manufacture is country cloth, which is especially noted for a peculiar pattern made by dyeing. There is also a considerable trade in leather and shoemaking, and the pro- ducts are exported as far as Calcutta and Bombay. In 1904 there was an aided primary school with 35 pupils.
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.
