Khatao
Khatao, 1908
Taluka of Satara District, Bombay, lying between 1 7 degree 18' and 1 7 degree 48' N. and 74 degree 14' and 74 degree 51' E., with an area of 501 square miles. There are 85 villages, but no town. The head-quarters are at Vaduj. The population in 1901 was 96,416, compared with 95,223 in 1891. The density, 241 persons per square mile, is almost equal to the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 1-4 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. r 2,000 Khatao is a northerly continuation of the Khanapur plateau, and consists of the valley of the Yerla, which, rising at the northern point of the taluka, flows southward through it. Of the two ranges of hills which enclose the valley, the western range is the higher, while the eastern rises but little above the Khatao upland. The rainfall, which averages 20 inches annually at Yadiij, is scanty and fitful : but the climate is fairly healthy.
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.
