Imperial Gazetteer Punjab Delhi Division

· 1907 · Public domain (published pre-1930) · archive.org ↗

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2The settlement of the whole District was revised between Rohtak

31873 and 1879. Rates on irrigated lands varied from Rs. 2 District.

4to Rs* # 2-12, and on unirrigated from 5 annas to R. 1-9. Land rewm®

5Canal- irrigated lands were as usual assessed at a dry rate adminiatra*

6plus owners 1 and occupiers* rates. The result of the new tioQ *

7assessment was an increase of g\ per cent, over the previous

8previous demand. The demand for $903-04, including cesses,

9came to nearly 11 lakhs. The average size of a proprietary

10holding is 5 acres.

11The total collections of revenue and those of land revenue

12alone are shown below, in thousands of rupees -

13I88O-8I.

141890-91.

151900-01.

161903 * 04 *

17Land Rmnu#

18»«»

19... ***. ]

209 , 43 ,

219 , 07 ,

227,43,

238 , * 5 ,

24Total Ravenna

25#**

26. *♦.

27U>09,

28>0,83,

29* 0 , 37 ,

30»», 34 .

31The District contains 5 municipalities, ROHTAK, Beri, Local and

32jHAJJAR, BahadurGARH and Gohana, and 10 notified areas, municipal,

33of which the most important are Maham, KALANAUR, Mund-

34LANA and But AN A. Outside these areas local affairs are

35managed by a District board, whose income amounted in

361903*04 to Rs. 1,24,000. The expenditure in the same year

37wasRs. 1,22,000, the principal item being public works.

38The regular police force consists of 433 of all ranks, of Police and

39whom 63 are municipal police and is under a Superintendent, K lls *

40who is usually assisted by 2 Inspectors. The village watchmen

41number 702. The District has 10 police stations, 4 out-posts,

42and 17 road-posts. Three trackers and three camel sowars now

43form part of the ordinary force. The District jail at head*

44quarters has accommodation for 230 prisoners.

45The standard of education is below the average, though Education,

46some progress has been made. The District stands 26th

47among the 28 Districts of the Province in respect of the literacy

48of its population. In 1901, 27 per cent, of the population (5