Sohagpur Tahsil (2)
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.
Sohagpur Tahsil (2)
Eastern tahsil of Hoshangabad District, Central Provinces, lying between 22° 10' and 22° 59' N. and 77° 55' and 78° 44' E., with an area of 1,243 square miles. The population in 1901 was 125,863, compared with i39>936 in 1891. The density is 101 persons per square mile. The tahsil contains two towns, Sohagpur (l)opulation, 7,420), the head-quarters, and Pachmarhi (3,020) ; and 429 inhabited villages. Excluding 433 square miles of Government forest, 61 per cent, of the available area is occupied for cultivation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 397 square miles. The demand for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 1,61,000, and for cesses Rs. 15,000. The northern portion of the tahsil is an open black-soil plain, much scoured by the action of the numerous streams flowing down to the Narbada. A low range of hills separates the valley of the Narbada from that of the Denwa, and south of this again rise the masses of the Satpura Hills, culminating to the east in the Pach- marhi plateau. Sohagpur is the poorest and least fertile tahstl in the District. It contains two jagirdari estates and part of a third.
