Imperial Gazetteer Punjab Vol 2

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1RAWALPINDI DISTRICT 169

2representing 24-2 per 1,000 of the population. The Vaccination

3Act is in force in Rawalpindi and Murree towns.

4[F. A. Robertson, Datrict Gazetteer (1895); Settlement

5Report (1893); and Customary Law of the Rawalpind: District

6(1887).]

7Rawalpindi Tahsil.—North-western ¢u/si/ of Rawalpindi

8District, Punjab, lying between 33° 19’ and 33° 50’ N. and 72°

934’ and 73° 23’ E., with an area of 764 square miles. The

10population in rgor was 261,tor, compared with 243,141 in

1118gr. The ¢afs7/ contains the town and cantonment of RAWAL-

12PINDI (population, 87,688), the head-quarters; and 448 villaves.

13The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to 2-6 lakhs.

14MANIKIALA and SHAHDHERI are places of great archaecloyical

15interest. The Sohan river, which crosses the ¢a/si/ from east

16to west, divides it into two distinct portions. To the north lie

17the rich plains round Rawalpindi town, sloping up to the out-

18lying spurs of the Himalayas, which form the northern boundary

19of the /ahsi/. To the south the country is cut up by torrent

20beds and ravines into little plateaux, which vary in soil and

21character, but resemble each other in difficulty of access.

22Murree Tahsil.—Northern /a4si/ of Rawalpindi District,

23Punjab, lying between 33° 42’ and 34° 17 N. and 73 12’ and

2473° 36’ E., with an area of 258 square miles. It is bounded

25on the east by the Jhelum river, which cuts it off from Kashmir

26territory. The éasi/ is composed of three main spurs, running

27north and south, with intervening valleys and connecting ridges.

28The most westerly is the Murree spur, which rises to 7,517 feet

29above the sea, the highest point in the District. The higher

30hills are thickly wooded with pine and fir, while the lower

31slopes bear a plentiful growth of oak, acacia, &c. The popula-

32tion in 1901 was 52,303, compared with 45,772 in1891. The

33hill station of Murree is the ¢a/sz/ head-quarters, and it also

34contains 120 villages. The land revenue and cesses amounted

35in Tyo3- 4 to Rs. 16,000.

36Kahtita.—Eastern f74s7/ of Rawalpindi District, Punjab,

37lying in the Lower Himalayas, between 33° 18’ and 33° 48’ N.

38and 73° 15’ and 73° 39’ E., with an area of 457 square mies.

39Its eastern border rests upon the Jhelum river, The whole

40of the zz/si7 except the south-west corner lies in the hills, which

41in the north reach an elevation of over 6,000 feet. The popu-

42lation in rocr was 94,729, compared with 92,372 In yr.

43It contains 231 villages, of which Kabuta is the head-quarters.

44The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1g03- 4 to 1-2 lakhs.

45Gujar Khan.—Southern /a/se/ of Rawalpindi District,

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