Satpuras, East

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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.

Satpuras, East

The eastern extension of the Satpura Hills of Central India, lying east and south of the Son. In the United Provinces they form a wilderness of parallel ridges of low rocky hills, extending over 1,700 square miles in the south of Mirzapur, and covered with jungle, with the exception of a large basin in tappet Singrauli and a smaller area in DudhI where the soil is alluvial and allows cultivation. Coal has been found in Singrauli, and an attempt was made in 1896 to work it The few inhabitants are chiefly jungle tribes, Kols, &c., resembling those in Chota Nagpur.