Final Report of the Revision of the Settlement of the Jhelum District in the Punjab

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2The rain-gauge stations at Jhelum and Tallagang are situated on the

3extreme east of those Tabsils, and the rainfall recorded at them is much

4heavier than that of the tracts which they represent, for it is well known

5that the rainfall decreases rapidly as one goes westwards away from the

6Himalaya ; the Pind Dédan Khén Gauge also is a correct guide to the rainfall

7of only a small part of that Tahsil, the central part of the plain. The average

8rainfall may be taken to be somewhat as follows :—

9Tahsil Jhelum, eastern Chakwal, and the east and central

10Salt Range _... sa s ~ as

11Chakwél West, Tallagang East, the Baatetn half of fie

1222 inchea.

13Pind Dédan Khan Plains, and the west of the Salt Range 18 SC,

14Tallagang West es ot ses 15a,

15The Pind Dadan Khan Thal, aeuieen cart i2- =

16For the district asa whole the rainfall is somewhat scanty, and very

17uncertain, varyicg very greatly from year to year,

187. The climate of the district is good; in the hills though it can

19ee hardly be called temperate, the heat is never extreme, while

20the adjoining submontane tract is one of the hottest parts of

21the Punjab ; the rest of tho district has the ordinary climate of the western

22Punjab Plains: excessive heat for half the year, with along and bracing cold

23weather, and the usual feverish seasons ; here and there guinea-worm, due to

24bad drinking water, also interferes with agricultural operations.

25In the winter a bitter north wind prevails in the Salt Rang? and the

26northern plateau, and the cold is often severe; light snow in the hills is not

27very uncommon, and once or twice ina generation a heavier fall extends to

28other parts of the district.

29CHAPTER I—STATISTICS,

308, The following are some of the leading statistics by

31Tahsils —

32Leading statistics,

33= ee ee

34pe

35DETAIL oF TAHSILS,

36DETAIL. ' ,

37District. | Jhelum. ee oo Chakwal. Tallagang.

38Total square miles (1900-01) 3,959 891 874 999 1,195

39Cultivated, square miles ,, per oes 1,608 822 813 508 465

40Culturable, sqaare miles ,, ape ves sas wie 295 61 81 62 lll

41Irrigated, square miles _,, 46 4 32 5 5

42Average square miles, under crop (1892 2 .93 to 1899- -1900) 1,141 280 218 377 816

43» ~—- (1892-93 to 1899- 1900) excluding two years’

44scarcity os ‘ns er 1,311 265 251 437 358

45(1896-97 and "1899. 1900).

46Annual rainfall, in inches (1896-97 to 1899-1900) 22°63 29°29 16:3 24°32 20°6

47Number of inhabited towns and ee a 978 439 206, 248 85

48Total population f 694,018, 170,984] 170,119 160,316] —-92,699

49Rural population (1901) 553,029, 156,031] 155,943) 148,456) 92,599

50Urban popalation ; 40,989 14,953 14,176 11,860 sae

51Total population per square mile (1901) .. _ 150 192 195 160) | aE

52Hindus per cent. on total es 8 6 12 7. 1

53Sikhs 2 (1891) , 3 3 1 5 8

54Musalmans “ta 89 91 87 88 91

55Gross final fixed land revenue ‘(1901- 02) 918,987 232,538 243,644 282,960; 159,848

56Net khalsa land revenue ode Sit 873,773 226,459 227,821 273,259) 146, 254

57- —-

58bee : Increasein cul- 9, ‘The area of the district is divided as follows :—

59Per cent.

60Cultivated... ee ae <3 41

61Culturable waste ee adi sate ais ee oe 7

62Government forests ... seh a age ba see 12

63Other unculturable waste... as see bag; ee 40

64The last item consists chiefly of ravines, torrent-beds, hills and river,

65The present cultivated area is 13 per cent. more than that of last

66settlement, which was an increase of 41 per cent. on the area of the first Regular

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