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MUHAMMADABAD TAHSlL 15
Khan, afterwards minister to the kings of Oudh, resided here while
governor of Muhamdi and Khairab5d, and made several improvements.
At annexation in 1856 Muhamdi was selected as the head-quarters
of a District, but after the Mutiny Lakhlmpur became the capital.
Besides the usual offices, there are a branch of the American Methodist
Mission and a dispensary. The town was administered as a municipality
from 1879 to 1904, when it was declared to be a ' notified
area.' During the ten years ending 1901 the income and expenditure
averaged Rs. 2,800. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 7,000, including
a grant of Rs. 3,500 from Provincial revenues; and the expenditure
was Rs. 6,500. Though Muhamdi is of less importance than formerly,
a considerable trade is still carried on, and the town contains six sugar
refineries. There is a school with 140 pupils.
Muhammadabad Tahsil (1).—South-eastern iahsil of Azamgarh
District, United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Karyat Mittu,
Chiriakot, Maunath Bhanjan or Mau, and Muhammadabad, and lying
between 25 0 48' and 26 0 8' N. and 83 0 11' and 83 0 40' E., with an area
of 427 square miles. This area was reduced by 71 miles in 1904,
portions being transferred to the new GHOSI tahsil. Population fell
from 359,746 in 1891 to 306,870 in 1901, and allowing for the recent
change is now 251,796. There are 971 villages and three towns : MAU
(population, 17,696), MUBARAKPUR (15,433), and MUHAMMADABAD
(8,775), the tohsil head-quarters. The demand for land revenue in
1903-4 was Rs. 3,63,000, and for cesses Rs. 59,000; but after the
transfer these figures became Rs. 3,02,000 and Rs. 49,000. The
density of population of the reconstituted tahsil is 707 persons per
square mile, or almost exactly the District average. The tahsil is intersected
by several small streams and a number of swamps and marshes,
and lies south of the ChhotI Sarju and its tributary, the Tons. In
1900-1, 238 square miles of the old area were under cultivation, of
which 146 were irrigated. Wells supply rather more than half the
irrigated area, and tanks or swamps and small rivers the remainder in
equal proportions.
Muhammadabad Town (1).—Head-quarters of the tahsil of the
same name in Azamgarh District, United Provinces, situated in 26°
2' N. and 83 0 24' E., on the Tons and on the Bengal and North-Western
Railway. Population (1901), 8,775. The town appears to be of some
antiquity, and was held by Muhammadans from the early part of the
fifteenth century. It contains a dispensary, a tahsill, a munsifl, and
a police station. It is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an
income of about Rs. 1,400. There are about 300 looms and a few
sugar refineries. Two schools have 100 pupils.
Muhammadabad Tahsil (2).—Eastern tahsil of Ghazlpur District,
United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Zahurabad, Muhammad