Batala 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.

Batala Tahsil

Tahsil of Gurdaspur District, Punjab, lying be- tween 31° 35' and 32° 4" N. and 74° 52' and 75° 34' E., with an area of 476 square miles. It stretches south-east and north-west between the Ravi and the Beas, and consists of strips of alluvial country along these two rivers, with a fertile plateau between them irrigated by the Bari Doab Canal and the Kiran (District) Canal. The population in 1901 was 305,867, compared with 300,644 in 1891. The head-quarters are at the town of Batai.a (population, 27.365). It also contains the towns of Srigobindpur (4,380) and Dera Nanak (5,118); and 478 villages. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to Rs. 5,51,000.