Sirsa Tahsil

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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.

Sirsa Tahsil

Tahsil and subdivision of Hissar District, Punjab, lying between 29° 13' and 30° o' N. and 74° 29' and 75° 18' E., on the borders of the Bikaner desert, with an area of 1,642 square miles. The population in 1901 was 158,651, compared with 178,586 in 1891. The town of Sirsa (population, 15,800) is the head-quarters. It also contains 3 other towns and 306 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 2.9 lakhs. The whole of the tahsil is sandy, except the belt of stiff clay which forms the Ghaggar basin, and depends for its successful cultivation on the river floods, which, below the Otu lake and dam, are distributed over the country by the Ghaggar canals. There is some irrigation in the north from the Sirhind Canal, and in the south from the Western Jumna Canal.