Kashmor

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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.

Kashmor

Taluka of the Upper Sind Frontier District, Sind, Bombay, lying between 28 degree 4' and 28 degree 29' N. and 69° 15' and 69 47' E. In 1 90 1 the area was 500 square miles. The population in 1901 was 38,179, compared with 35,763 in 1891. The density, 77 persons per square mile, is much below the District average. The contained 65 villages, of which Kashmor is the head-quarters. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to 1-2 lakhs. Owing to the vagaries of the Indus, the present area of the is 508 square miles, of which about 37 square miles are covered by forests. A large area of land is still unoccupied and available for cultivation. Irrigation depends upon floods and upon the Desert and Dingro Wah Canals and canals from the Kashmor Band.