HATHRAS TOWN
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Hasua.--Town in Gaya District, Bengal. See HisuA.
Hata.-Central tahsil of Gorakhpur District, United Provinces,
comprising the parganas of Silhat, Shâhjahânpur, and Haveli, and
lying between 26° 21′ and 26° 58′ N. and 83° 29′ and 83° 58′ E.,
with an area of 571 square miles. Population fell from 43o,o6g in
1891 to 428,846 in 19or. There are 950 villages and two towns,
including RUDAKPUR (population, 8,86o). The demand for land
revenue in 1903-4 was Rs.3,83,ooo, and for cesses Rs. 62,ooo. The
density of population, 751 persons per square mile, is considerably
above the District average. The tahsil includes a fertile stretch of
level country between the Little Gandak on the north-east and the
Rapti on the south-west. Smaller streams also cross it, and provide
water for irrigation. The area under cultivation in 1903-4 was
457 square miles, of which 134 were irrigated. Wells supply more
than half the irrigated area, and tanks, swamps, and small streams
most of the remainder.
Hathras Tahsil.-South-western tahsil of Aligarh District, United
Provinces, comprising the parganas of Hâthras and Mursân, and lying
between 27° 29′ and 27° 47′ N. and 77° 52′ and 78° 17′ E., with an
area of 290 square miles. The population rosé from 208,264 in 1891
to 225,574 in igor. There are 393 villages and five towns, the largest
of which is Ht1THRA5 (population, 42,578), the tahsil head-quarters.
The density is 778 persons per square mile, while the District average
is 612. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs.4,44,000,
and for cesses Rs. 74,000. The eastern portion of the tahsil lies low,
and the drainage is naturally bad, but it has been much improved
by artificial channels. There is no canal-irrigation, and well-irrigation
has recently become more difficult owing to a fall in the spring-level ;
but an extension of the Mat branch of the Upper Ganges Canal is con-
templated. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 239 square
miles, of which 113 were irrigated.
Hathras Town.-Head-quarters of the tahsil of the same name in
Aligarh District, United Provinces, situated in 27° 36′ N. and 78° 4′ E.,
on the roads from Muttra to the Ganges and from Agra to Aligarh, and
on the Cawnpore-Achhnera Railway, and also connected with the East
Indian Railway by a short branch; distance by rail from Calcutta
857 miles, and from Bombay 89o miles. Population is increasing
rapidly: (1872) 23,589, (1881) 34,932, (1891) 39,181, and (r9o1)
42,578. In 1go1 Hindus numbered 36,133 and Musalmâns 5,482.
After the British annexation in 1803, the talukddr, Dayâ Ram, a Jât
of the same family as the Raja of MURSAN, gave repeated proofs of an
insubordinate spirit; and in 1817 the Government was compelled to
send an expedition against him under the command of Major-General
Marshall. Hâthras was then one of the strongest forts in Upper India,
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