HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT

          The District of Mirzapur, with the exception of the Villages namely Mowat ,Merolatand, Mahespur, Durjanipur,

Mangarahi Deohat,Katra and Bamsaur received from Allahabad in 1861,falls entirely within the tract of country once

known as the province of Benaras. The  sovereignty  of  this was formally ceded to the  East India Company in 1775

by  the  Nawab-vizir  of   Avadh;   but  the  tract  itself  was  included  in   the zamindari  of  the  raja  of Benares and

remained  in  his  actual possession until 1794, when Mahip  Narayan  Singh  surrendered its control of the Governor

General  of  India  by  the  agreement of  27th october of that year. It  is  not  until 1830  that    Mirzapur  became  a 

separate  revenuejurisdiction   of  its  own , because until that year it had been included   in  Varanasi. Mirzapur  was

then   placed   under  a    local   collector  of   customs, the  subdivisions  assigned   to  new collectorate being tappas

Chaurasi , Chhiyanve, Upraudh,Kon and Sakteshgarh of pargana Kantit and other paragnas, Bhagwat Bhuili,  Haveli,

Chunar,uriat, Sikhar,Agori, Barhar and Bijaigarh,Bhadohi,Kon and Majhwa were restored to Varanasi on the protest 

of  raja but  were afterwards re-annexed to Mirzapur.At present Agori,Barharand Bijaigarh are in Sonbhadra District

however  Bhadohi  is  in  Sant   Ravidas Nagar  District. There  has  been no change in the territorial limits of Mirzapur

since 1833, revenue and  judicial administrations  were made to coincide throughout the Benares province;but several

when the alternation have  been  made in the sub-divisional boundries since the tract  came  in to the possession of the

British.In 1801 every pargana and tappa, with  a  few  exception  had   a  separate Tehsildar. In 1804 it was resolved

to  abolish   the  office  of   Tehsildar  in   the  Benares  Province.  In  1806 , tahsildars  were  established  for  tappas

Chaurasi,Upraudh,Chhiyanvey Sakteshgarh and Bhagwat at Chaurasi ; and for pargnas Agori-Barhar and Bijaigarh

(at present lies in Sonbhadra District) at Kusancha.The first of the two tahsils  created  in 1809 corresponds to a great

extent with the present Mirzapur tahsil.Saketeshgarh and Bhagwat have been  taken  may from it and kon and Majhwa

added .To the tahsil which had its headquarters in 1809 at Kusancha,Singrauli and  Dudhi  were added  and  the whole 

was  for  some  time known as the Shahganj tahsil ( Now all these are in Sonbhadra District).

                                            SUBDIVISIONS,TAHSILS AND POLICE STATIONS

At present the district Mirzapur has four tahsils,Namely Sadar (Mirzapur),Chunar,Marihan and Lalganj for administrative

point  of  view. To  reached  the   development  at root  level  the  Mirzapur district  has 12  blocks and 15  thana  which 

are  as under-

Blocks Name-

1. Mirzapur (City) , 2. Kon,  3. Chhanbey,  4. Majhwan , 5. Pahari  6. Sikhar , 7. Narayanpur, 8. Jamalpur ,9. Marihan,

10. rajgarh 11. Halia ,12.Lalganj.

Thana Name-

1. City kotwali , 2. Katara Kotwali , 3. Dehat kotwali , 4. Chunar kotwali , 5. Thana Vindhyachal , 6. Thana Kachhawan

7. Thana  Chilh ,   8. Thana  Jigana ,    9. Thana Padari ,  10. Thana Marihan ,  11. Thana  Lalganj ,    12. Thana  Adalhat ,

13. Thana Jamalpur , 14. Thana Ahroura , 15. Thana Halia