Sitapur Tahsil
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.
Sitapur Tahsil
Head-quarters tahsil of Sitapur District, United Provinces, comprising the parga/ias of Pirnagar, Khairabad, Ramkot, Sitapur, Laharpur, and Hargam, and lying between 27° 19' and 27° 51' N. and 80° 32' and 81° 1' E., with an area of 570 square miles. Popu- lation increased from 291,190 in 1891 to 311,264 in 1901, There are 608 villages and three towns — Sitapur (population, 22,557), the Dis- trict and tahsil head-quarters, Khairabad (13,774), and Laharpur (10,997). The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 3,91,000, and for cesses Rs. 64,000. The density of population, 546 persons per square mile, is above the District average. The tahsil lies chiefly in the central upland portion of the District, but a strip on the north- east extends into the damper low-lying tract. The Sarayan is the principal river, crossing the western part, while its tributary, the Gond, rises in the centre. The lowlands are drained by the Kewani and a small tributary called the Ghagra. In 1903-4 the area under cultiva- tion was 415 square miles, of which 88 were irrigated. Tanks and jhils supply four-sevenths of the irrigated area, and wells most of the remainder.
