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This article has been extracted from <br/>

THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>	

OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
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''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. ''
 
=Kunch Town=

{Konch).Head-quarters of the tahsil of the same 
name in Jalaun District, United Provinces, situated in 25° 59' N. and 
79° 10' E., on a branch of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. 
Population (1901), 15,888. Kunch was the head-quarters of a f/iahdl 
or pargana under Akbar. In 1804 the commander of the British 
troops in Bundelkhand dispatched a force to reduce the fort of Amanta 
Malaya, five miles from Kunch. Amir Khan, the Pindari, came to 
the rescue of the garrison, and the British had to retire to Kunch after 
losing heavily. The Pindaris subsequently overpowered a small detach- 
ment of reinforcements at KalpI, but their forces were entirely broken 
and dispersed by the British troops a month later. During the Mutiny 
Kunch was several times occupied by the rebel troops. 

The town 
consists of a business quarter in the east, and a quiet, scattered country 
village to the west. The latter contains the high site of an old ruined 
mud fort, on which the tahs'di and police station now stand. The 
former is adorned by a large tank constructed in the eighteenth century, 
and has been much improved during the last thirty years. A new 
bazar has been built, and a large enclosure has been made, to which 
goods may be brought free of octroi. The chief public buildings are 
the dispensary and tahsili school. Kunch has been a municipality 
since 1868. During the ten years ending 1901 the income and ex- 
penditure averaged Rs. 13,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 22,000, 
chiefly from octroi (Rs. 13,000) and a tax on professions and trades 
(Rs. 2,000); and the expenditure was Rs. 22,000. The town is the 
largest trading centre in the District, and is increasing in importance. 
Grain and gJu are the chief exports, and a large cattle market is held. 
Sugar, tobacco, and rice are imported for distribution to the country 
around. The tahsil school has 66 pupils, four municipal schools 200, 
and a girls' school 22 pupils.