Sagri
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.
Sagri
North-eastern tahsil Q{ Azamgarh District, United Provinces, comprising up to 1904 the parganas of Gopalpur, Sagri, GhosI, and Natthupur, and lying between 26 i' and 26 19' N and 83 4' and 83 52' E., with an area of 589 square miles. In October, 1904, the two last-named parganas were transferred to the new GHOSI TAHSIL, and a number of villages were transferred from Goiakhpur District, making the new area 345 square miles. Population fell from 469,817 in 1891 to 421,740 in 1901, the population of the area as now constituted being 234,872. There are now 755 villages and one town, Maharajganj (population, 2,192), The demand for land levenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 4,32,000, and for cesses Rs 72,000; but the figures foi the area as now constituted are Rs. 2,40,000 and Rs. 39,000 respectively.
The density of population of the reduced tahsil is 68 1 persons per square mile, considerably below the District average. The tahsil lies south of the Gogra and is chiefly drained by the Chhoti Sarju, The greater part of the area is upland, but along the Gogra and Chhoti Sarju are large stretches of alluvial soil called kachhar. In 1899-1900, 327 square miles of the old area were under cultivation, of which 218 were irrigated, wells being the chief source of supply .
