Sikandra Rao Tahsil, 1908

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Sikandra Rao Tahsil

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.

South-eastern tahsil of Aligarh District, United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Sikandra and Akrabad, and lying between 27 32' and 27 53' N, and 78 10' and 78 32' E., with an area of 337 square miles. The population rose from 183,185 in 1891 to 211,532 in 1901. There are 248 villages and seven towns, the largest of which are SIKANDRA RAO (population, 11,372), the tahsil head-quarters, and PILKHANA (5,109). The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 4,32,000, and for cesses Rs, 69,000 On the north- east the Kali NadI forms the boundary, and in the south one or two small streams rise. Irrigation is supplied by the Etawah branch of the Upper Ganges Canal ; and the tahsil is one of the most prosperous in the District, in spite of the presence of large waste areas covered with saline efflorescences. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 218 square miles, of which 164 were irrigated.