Satara 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.

Satara Taluka

Taluka of Satara District, Bombay, lying between 17 30' and 17 50' N. and 73 48' and 74 10' E., with an area of 339 square miles. It contains one town, SATARA (population, 26,022), the District and taluka head-quarters; and 152 villages. The popula- tion in 1901 was 128,391, compared with 139,892 in 1891. The density, 379 persons per square mile, is the highest in the District.

The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was more than 1-9 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 19,000. Satara includes the three valleys of the Kistna, Vena, and Urmodi rivers, which are open and slope gently towards the base of steep and bare hills. Clumps of mangoes stud the valleys, and babul grows plentifully on the banks of the Kistna. The soil near the rivers is rich and black, but grows gradually grey and poorer towards the hills. The climate is healthy, and the rainfall, averaging 40 inches, is higher than in most other talukas.