Kod
Kod, 1908
Southernmost of Dharwar District, Bombay, lying be- tween 14 degree 17' and 14°43' N. and 75 1o' and 75 degree 38" E., with an area of 400 square miles. There are 176 villages, but no town. The popu- lation in 1901 was 96,245, compared with 84,427 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 2-03 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 15,000. The head-quarters are at Hirekerur. The is dotted with small hills and ponds. A considerable portion is well watered, and covered with sugar-cane fields and areca palms. The soil is chiefly red, black soil occurring in a few villages in the east. The north and west are studded with small hills and knolls, and the south is also hilly. The Tungabhadra touches a few villages in the south-east corner; the Kumadvati, rising in Mysore, flows east across the . Kod is cool and healthy in the hot months, but very malarious during the cold season. The Madag tank, fed by the waters of the Kumadvati river, once a work of first-class importance but now fallen into disrepair, irrigates 922 acres.
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.
