Kalam

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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.

Kalam

Crown taluk in the north of Osmanabad District, Hyder- abad State. The population in 1901 was. 38,030, an4 the area 303 square miles; but in 1905 the Wasi taluk was incorporated in it. The total area is now 658 square miles, of which the population in 1901 was 87,701, compared with 120,081 in 1891, the decrease being due to the famine of 1900. The river Manjra separates the taluk from Bhir District on the north, and the soil is chiefly regar, with some alluvium. It contains 151 villages and yields a land revenue of 3- 7 lakhs. The jdgar taluks of Bhum and Walwad lie to the west with 31 and 13 villages, and populations (1901) of 11,416 and 6,997 respectively. Their areas are about 143 and 61 square miles.