Igatpuri 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.
Igatpuri Taluka
Taluka of Nasik District, Bombay, lying between 19° 35' and 19° 55' N. and if 25' and 73° 50' E., with an area of 393 square miles. It contains one town, Igatpuri (population, 7,436), the head-quarters; and 127 villages. The population in 1901 was 66,462, compared with 69,543 in 1891. The density, 169 persons per square mile, is much above the District a\erage. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was one lakh, and for cesses Rs. 7,000. In the north-west and in the south the country is hilly. The line of natural drainage divides it into two parts : a small section in the north and north-west that slopes west to the Vaitarna, and a larger section in the south that drains east into the Darna. The /dluka is rather bare of trees except in the north-east and west, and the soil is poor and shallow. The climate is cool and healthy, the rainfall, which averages 133 inches annually, being the highest in the District. The water-supply is poor. Ndgli is the chief cereal grown.
