Basti 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.

Basti Tahsil

Head-quarters tahsil of Basti District, United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Nagar (East), Basti (East), Maghar (West), and Mahuli (West), and lying between 26° 33' and 27° 6' N. and 82° 37' and 82° 59' E., with an area of 536 square miles. Popula- tion increased from 377,935 in 1891 to 393,079 in 1901. There are 1,600 villages and only one town, Basti (population, 14,761), the Dis- trict and tahsil head-quarters. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 4,22,000, and for cesses Rs. 78,000. The density of popula- tion, 733 persons per square mile, is the highest in the District. The tahstl stretches north from the Gogra in the upland portion of the District, and is crossed by the Kuwana and a number of smaller streams. The area under cultivation in 1903-4 was 387 square miles, of which 238 were irrigated. Wells supply more than half the irrigated area, and tanks and swamps are a more important source than rivers.