Sahaswan 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.

Sahaswan Tahsil

Tahsil oi Budaun District, United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Sahaswan and Kot, and lying between 27 57' and 28 20' N. and 78 30' and 79 4' E., with an area of 454 square miles. Population increased very slightly, from 193,070 m 1891 to 193,628 m 1901. There are 328 villages and two towns : SAHASWAN (population, 18,004), the tahsil head-quarters, and BILSI (6,035) The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,33,000, and for cesses Rs, 29,000. The density of population, 426 persons per square mile, is the lowest in the District. The tahsil contains a fertile stretch of rich upland soil watered by the Sot river, in the tiact known as Katehr but this is mostly held by impoverished and quarrelsome Rajputs, and it also suffers from defective drainage. South of the Katehr a large area is occupied by a sandy ridge, 4 or 5 miles wide, and poor m quality ; and beneath this the khddar stretches away to the Ganges, which forms the south-western boundary. The khddar is crossed by the Mahawa, which is gradually scouring out a larger bed, and m years of heavy rainfall brings down disastrous floods, increased by the spill-water from the Ganges Portions of the khddar are ex- tremely fertile, but the tract is liable to great vicissitudes. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 338 square miles, of which 54 were irri- gated, mostly from wells.