Roorkee 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.

Roorkee Tahsil

Eastern tahsil of Saharanpur District, United Provinces, lying between 29 38' and 30 8' N. and 77 43' and 78 12' E., with an area of 796 square miles. It is bounded on the north by the Siwahks, on the east by the Ganges, and on the south by Muzaffarnagar District. It comprises the parganas of Roorkee, Jwalapur, Manglaur, and Bhagwanpur.

The population fell from 390,498 in 1891 to 286,903 in 1901. There are 426 villages and six towns, HARDWAR UNION (population, 25,597), ROORKEE (17,197), the tahsil head-quarters, and MANGLAUR (10,763) being the laigest In 1903-4 the demand for land revenue wab Rs. 3,86,000, and foi cesses Rs. 62,000. In the same }ear the area under cultivation was 369 square miles, of which 38 were irrigated. Besides the forests on the slopes and at the foot of the Siwahks, the taMl contains 20 square miles of giazmg reserve south of Roorkee, known as the Pathrl forest, and a large area of low-lying land m the Ganges khddar The head- works of the UPPER GANGES CANAL aie near Hard war, but the area irrigated in this tahsil is small. The average rainfall is about 43 inches, being the highest in the District Successful drainage operations have been earned out near Pathrl The tahsil forms a regular subdivision of the District, with a Civilian Joint-Magistrate and a Deputy-Collector recmited in India, who reside at Roorkee.