Madha Taluka, 1908
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.
Madha Taluka
Taluka of Sholapur District, Bombay, lying between 17° 38' and 18° 10' N. and 75° 9' and 75° 42' E., with an area of 619 square miles. It contains 89 villages, including Madha (population, 5,365), the head-quarters. The population in 1901 was 82,984, compared with 92,664 in 1891. The density, 134 persons per square mile, is slightly below the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was i^ lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 10,000. Madha is an undulating plain, irregular in shape ; the tops of all the higher ridges, though covered with yellow stunted grass, are bare of trees, and have a barren soil. The watershed crosses the taluka in the direction of its greatest length from north-west to south-east ; and the streams flow eastward into the Sina and southward into the BhTma. Excluding the Ashti lake, situated about 15 miles south-west of Madha town, the land is chiefly watered from wells. The climate is dry, and hot winds prevail from March to May. The rainf\ll is most vincertain.
