Badami Taluka, 1908
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Badami Taluka
South-westernmost taluka of Bijapur District, Bombay, lying between 15°4o/and i6°9 / N. and 75 19' and 76 32' E., with an area of 615 square miles. It contains one town, Guledgarh (population, 16,786), and 167 villages, including Kerur (5,353). The population in 1901 was 110,287, compared with 100,511 in 1891, the increase being mainly confined to Guledgarh, which carries on a large manufacture of bodices held in great repute throughout the Deccan and Southern Maratha Country. The density, 179 persons to the square mile, is much above the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 1-31 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 11,000. The head-quarters are at Badami. The extreme north-west of the taluka lies high, and the surface, which is sandstone overlaid with trap, is undulating without large hills. In the centre, sandstone ranges are separated by plains of red sand. The taluka is poorly supplied with water. The climate is considered the worst in the District. The annual rainfall averages about 26 inches.
