Murbad

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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.

Murbad

South-eastern taluka of Thana District, Bombay, lying between 19° 7' and 19° 27' N. and 73° 23' and 73° 48' E., with an area of 350 square miles. It contains 171 villages, Murbad being the head-quarters. The population in 1901 was 62,569, compared with 65,641 in 1891. The density, 179 persons per square mile, is below the District average. Land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to more than 1-3 lakhs. The people are mostly Thakurs, Kolis, and Marathas. Most of the taluka is very hilly and fairly wooded. The soil is poor and the uplands of little value, except as supplying brush- wood for manure. It suffers from the want of means of exporting its produce, but a good high road now bisects it. The water supplied by wells is fairly good but scanty. The climate is oppressive, though not unhealthy ; after the rains, however, it is malarious.