Nasirabad Subdivision, 1908
Nasirabad Subdivision, 1908
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.
Subdivision and tahsil of the Sibi District, Baluchistan, lying between 27° 55' and 28° 40' N. and 67° 40' and 69° 20' E., on the border of the Upper Sind Frontier District of Sind. It has an area of 852 square miles and a population (1901) of 35,713, and, for administrative purposes, includes the railway line from the neighbourhood of Jhatpat to Mithri. The head-quarters of the iahsil are at present at Nasirabad, about 8 miles from Jacob- abad. It contains 170 villages. It depends for cultivation on the Begari and Desert Canals of the Sind system, and is the only tahsil in Administered territory in which indigo and gram are produced. In 1904-5, the first complete year of administration, the land revenue, excluding water rate, amounted to 1-2 lakhs. Water rate is levied at R. I per irrigated acre on the Begari Canal, and at Rs. 1-8 on the Desert Canal. The incidence of land revenue is R. i per acre, and a special cess of 6 pies is also collected. A revision of the rates is contemplated, beginning from 1905.
