Shivarajpur, 1908
Shivarajpur
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.
Tahsil of Cawnpore District, United Provinces, conterminous with the pargana of the same name, lying along the Ganges between 26 31' and 26 46' N. and 79 55' and 80 12' E., with an area of 276 square miles. Population increased very slightly from 147,823 in 1891 to 147,910 in 1901. There are 311 villages, but no town. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,75,000, and for cesses Rs. 44,000. The density of population, 536 persons per square mile, is above the District average. Along the Ganges lies a high ridge of hard barren or sandy soil. A small river, called the Non, drains a fertile tract south of this area, and the rest of the tahsll is composed of rich loam through which the Pandu flows. In the M r est extensive swamps and clay land are found, where rice is grown. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 145 square miles, of which 80 were irrigated. The Cawnpore branch of the Lower Ganges Canal supplies more than two- thirds of the irrigated area.
