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Gazetteer of the Province of Sind Nawabshah District

1920

It is bounded on the north by 'the Khairprx -State on the east by the same State and the Thar and Parkar district on the south and south-west by the Hyderabad district and on the west by the river Indus. [...] Near Kot Lalu station on the North-Western Railway the Khairpur boundary turns at right angles eastward to the Jamrao Head so that the district at this point includes some of the Desert here known as the Ganj o Thar '. But a little further south the Desert itself curves sharply away to the east following the corresponding curve of the mountains on the other side of the river just as one rut of [...] The figures for the same area at previous censuses are as under :— 1872.. 275 303 1881.. 252 742 1891.. 334 009 1901.. 355 439 The large increase at the census of 1911 is due to the extension of the Nasrat Canal and the opening of the Jamrao Canal and the colonization of the areas commanded by them. [...] The main canals are the Nasrat the Imamali Wah the Kotai Wah the Murad Wah the Bag. [...] The seventh standard of the Anglo-Vernaular course is the class in which the students are prepared for the matriculation examination of the Bombay Unversity and for the Departmental School Final Examination.
government politics public policy
Pages
83
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-2 J.W. Smyth view
Description
1-3 J.W. Smyth view
Population
4-6 J.W. Smyth view
Agriculture
7-9 J.W. Smyth view
Irrigation
10-10 J.W. Smyth view
Economic
11-11 J.W. Smyth view
Trade Industries and Communications
12-14 J.W. Smyth view
Revenue
15-15 J.W. Smyth view
Justice
16-17 J.W. Smyth view
Local and Municipal
18-20 J.W. Smyth view
Education
21-24 J.W. Smyth view
Health
25-25 J.W. Smyth view
Administration
26-27 J.W. Smyth view
Places of Interest
28-40 J.W. Smyth view
Tables
41-76 J.W. Smyth view
Index
77-78 J.W. Smyth view
Backmatter
i-i J.W. Smyth view