Samundri

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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.

Samundri

Tahsil of the new Lyallpur Distiict, Punjab, lying between 30 50' and 31 20' N. and 72 39' and 73 21' E., with an area of 1,309 square miles. The population in 1906 was 266,277. It contains 495 villages, including Samundri (population, 765), the head-quarters. The land revenue and cesses in 1905-6 amounted to 6-7 lakhs. The tahsil consists of a level plain sloping gently towards the Ravi and the Deg on the south, and is now wholly irrigated by the Chenab Canal, except for a few scattered plots in the Ravi lowlands which still depend on wells. The soil generally is a fine loam. The boundaries of the tahsil were somewhat modified at the time of the formation of the new District.