Lahore 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.

Lahore TahsiL

of Lahore District, Punjab, lying between 31° 14' and 31° 44' N. and 74° o' and 74° 40' E., with an area of 730 square miles, of which three-fourths are in the tract known as the Manjha, and the rest in the Ravi lowlands. It is traversed by the Ravi, the northern high bank of which roughly coincides with the northern borders of the tahsil The upland portion is irrigated by the Bari Doab Canal. The population in 1901 was 474,181, compared with 430,378 in 1891. The head-quarters are at Lahore City (population, 186,884), and there are also 372 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 3,90,000.