Igatpuri Town
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 Town
Head-quarters of the taluka of the same name in Nasik District, Bombay, situated in 19° 42' E. and 73° 34' N., on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 35 miles south-west of Nasik and 85 miles from Bombay. Population (1901), 7,436. Igatpuri is a military station of the Poona division of the Western Command. It stands at the head of the Thai Pass, 1,992 feet above sea-level. Half a mile to the north-east is a reservoir. The railway station includes a locomotive workshop. Pimpri, near Igatpuri, contains the tomb of Sadr-ud-din, a Muhammadan saint of great local sanctity ; and Tringalvadi, 3 miles to the north, has a fort, cave-temples, and a ruined shrine of Brahmadeo. Igatpuri was constituted a munici- pality in 1868. The municipal income during the decade ending 1901 averaged Rs. 12,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 8,000. The town contains five English schools, of which one is for European and Eurasian girls ; and two dispensaries, one of which belongs to the railway company.
