Saugor 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.

Saugor Tahsil

Head-quarters tahsil of Saugor District, Central Provinces, lying between 23 31' and 24 i' N. and 78 14' and 79 6' E., with an area of 1,064 square miles. The population decreased from 207,456 in 1891 to 166,399 in 1901. The density in the latter year was 156 persons per square mile, or considerably above the District average. The tahsil contains one town, SAUGOR (population, 42,330), the District and tahsil head-quarters; and 525 inhabited villages. Excluding 124 square miles of Government forest, 57 per cent, of the available area is occupied for cultivation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 435 square miles. The demand for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 185,000, and for cesses Rs. 19,000. The lie of the country is undulating, and stretches of good cultivable land alternate with small hills and patsches of forest.