Hoshangabad Tahsil, 1908

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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.

Hoshangabad Tahsil

Tahsil of Hoshangabad District, Central Provinces, lying between 22° 18' and 22° 52' N. and 77° 30' and 78° 5' E., with an area of 804 s(iuare miles. The population in 1901 was 125,071, compared with 137,811 in 1891. The density is 156 persons per square mile. The tahsil contains two towns, Hoshangabad (population, 14,940), the head-quarters of the District and tahsl/, and Itarsi (5,769); and 309 inhabited villages. Excluding 84 square miles of Government forest, 65 per cent, of the available area is occupied for cultivation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 355 square miles. The demand for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 1,88,000, and for cesses Rs. 17,000. The /a/«f/ consists of two well-marked tracts : on the north the Narbada valley, a level open black-soil plain with a gentle slope from the Mahadeo hills to the Narbada river ; and on the south the elevated Bordha plateau, covered with light sandy soil and surrounded by hills.