Kalyan
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.
Kalyan
Southern of Thana District, Bombay, lying between 19 degree 4' and 19 degree 24' N. and 73 degree ' and 73 degree 24' E., with an area of 276 square miles. It contains one town, Kalyan (popu- lation, 10,749), the head-quarters; and 224 villages. The population in 1901 was 77,087, compared with 80,171 in 1891. The density is 279 persons per square mile, or rather more than the District average. Land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 2.2 lakhs. The is triangular in form, and in its western part a rich open plain. In the south and east, ranges of hills running parallel with the boun- dary line throw out spurs into the heart of the plain. The transport of produce is facilitated by the tidal creek of the Ulhas river and by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. The river Kalu is navigable by boats of 10 tons for 9 miles above Kalyan town. There are dis- agreeable east winds in April and May; but although fever is pre- valent in the cold season, the climate is on the whole temperate and healthy.
