Itarsi

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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.

Itarsi

Town in the District and Tahsil of Hoshangabad, Central Provinces, situated in 22° 37' N. and 77° 47' E., on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway to Jubbulpore, 464 miles from Bombay and 936 from Calcutta. It is also the junction for the Indian Midland section to Cawnpore and Agra. Its population in 1901 was 5,769, and it is rapidly increasing in importance, the number having nearly doubled during the previous decade. Itarsi is the leading goods station in Hoshangabad District, receiving not only a considerable share of the local produce, but also nearly the whole of that of Betul District.

It has a large weekly cattle market, at which numbers of cattle are sold for slaughter. Itarsi contains an English middle school, maintained by the Friends Foreign Mission, and two primary schools.