Sangameshwar Taluka, 1908

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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.

Sangameshwar Taluka

Inland taluka of Ratnagiri District, Bombay, lying between 16 49' and 17 20' N. and 73 2$' and 73 50' E., with an area of 576 square miles. There are 190 villages, but no town. The head-quarters since 1878 have been at the village of DEVRUKH. The population in 1901 was 129,412, compared with 126,700 in 1891. The density, 225 persons per square mile, is below the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 89,000, and for cesses Rs. 6,000, The chief river is the Shastri, which cuts the taluka nearly in half.

North of the river, the country is hilly and becomes rugged at the foot of the Western Ghats, which are crossed by three passes. A fair amount of alluvial soil is found in the river valleys, yielding good crops of rice and pulse. Almost all the rest of the tahtka is crumbled trap. Several hot springs of varying temperature occur. The annual rainfall is heavy, averaging 143 inches.