Seoni 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.

Seoni Tahsil

Southern tahsil of Seoni District, Central Provinces, lying between 21 36' and 22 24' N. and 79 19' and 80 6' K, with an area of 1,648 square miles. The population decreased from 219,284 in 1891 to 192,364 in 1901. The density in the latter year was 117 persons per square mile. The tahsil contains one town, SEONI (popu- lation, 11,864), the head-quarters of the District and tahsil '; and 677 villages. Excluding 468 square miles of Government forest, 60 per cent, of the available area is occupied for cultivation. The culti- vated area in 1903-4 was 712 square miles. The demand for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 1,69,000, and for cesses Rs. 21,000. The western portion of the tahsil towards Chhindwara consists of a fertile black-soil plain, while on the south and east there are tracts of rice country, The remainder is hilly and undulating,