Sargodha 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.

Sargodha Tahsil

Tahsil of Shahpur District, Punjab, lying be- tween 31 40' and 32 20' N. and 72 28' and 73 2' E., with an area, approximately, of 751 square miles and an estimated population of 3,000 in 1901, but the population has largely increased since the Census. The formation of the talisll in 1906 out of portions of the Shahpur and Bhera tahsils of Shahpur District and the Chinot tahsil of Jhang was necessitated by the colonization of the Bar (see JHELUM COLONY).

The tahsil contains 267 villages, including SARGODHA, the head-quarters. The only cultivation is carried on by means of irrigation from the Lower Jhelum Canal. In the south the soil is a deep and fertile loam ; in the north there is a preponderance of sand and clay ; in the centre are the Kirana hills, low outcrops of rock resembling those at Sangla and Chiniot.