Jati

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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.

Jati

Taluka of Karachi District, Sind, Bombay, lying between 23° 35' to 24degree 38' N. and 68° 1' to 68° 48' E., with an area of 2,145 square miles. It contains 117 villages, but no town. The popu- lation in 1901 was 31,752, compared with 27,895 in 1891. The density is only 15 persons per square mile ; and this is the most thinly populated taluka in the District, owing to its barren and unproductive soil and the large tracts of kalar land and salt deposits which it con- tains. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to nearly a lakh. Mughalbhin is the head-quarters. The southern portion is a maze of tidal creeks, and farther inland there is a salt plain, while the north-eastern portion is chiefly cultivable waste. Irrigation depends upon four canals, which directly tap the Indus. The chief crops are rice, bajra, barley, fil and other oilseeds.