Shikarpur Taluka, 1908

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Shikarpur Taluka

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.

Taluka of Sukkur District, Sind, Bombay, lying between 27 55' and 28 10' N. and 68 25' and 69 9' E., with an area of 492 square miles. The population rose from 86,932 in 1891 to 108,097 in 1901. The tdluka contains one town, SHIKARPUR (population, 49,491), the head-quarters; and 88 villages. The density, 220 persons per square mile, largely exceeds the District average. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to 2-7 lakhs. The northern portion of the taluka is but poorly irrigated, but excel- lent garden crops are raised near Shikarpur town and good early crops in the tracts irrigated by the Sind Canal.