Sihora Tahsil, 1908

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Sihora 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.

Central tahsil of Jubbulpore District, Central Provinces, lying between 23 19' and 23 55 ' N. and 79 49' and 80 38' E., with an area of 1,197 square miles. The population decreased from 212,949 in 1891 to 186,424 in 1901. The density in the latter year was 156 persons per square mile, which is below the District average. The tahsil contains one town, SIHORA (popula- tion, 5,595), the head-quarters ; and 706 inhabited villages. Excluding 96 square miles of Government forest, 55 per cent, of the available area is occupied for cultivation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 563 square miles. The demand for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 2,87,000, and for cesses Rs. 32,000, The tahsll contains part of the highly fertile wheat-growing tract known as the Jubbulpore Haveli. though in Sihora the land is not quite so level or productive as in the Jubbulpore tahsll. On the west and east broken and hilly country borders the Vindhyan and Satpura ranges.