Borsad 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, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Borsad Taluka
Southern taluka of Kaira District, Bombay, lying between 22° 14' and 22° 33' N. and 72° 39' and 73° 5' E., with an area of 204 square miles. It contains one town, Borsad (popu- lation, 13,001), the head-quarters, and 92 villages. Population in 1901 was 137,889, compared with 162,143 i" 1891. It is the most thickly populated taluka in the District, with a density of 673 persons per square mile. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to nearly 4-2 lakhs.
Owing to its intersection by Baroda and Cam bay territory, the taluka is very broken and irregular in shape. The Mahi is the only river. It flows along the southern boundary, and is throughout the whole distance tidal ; but the shallowness of its channel, its shifting sand-banks, and the force of its tidal wave, make it useless for boats. Except in the south, along the banks of the Mahl, the whole is a highly cultivated plain sloping gently westwards, intersected by rich hedgerows and adorned by groves of magnificent trees. The water-supply is good.
