Shirpur Town, 1908

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Shirpur Town

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.

Head-quarters of the taluka of the same name in West Khandesh District, Bombay, situated in 21 2i'N. and 74 53' E., on the Bombay- Agra road, 33 miles north of Dhulia. Population (1901), 9,023. Shirpur suffered severely from floods in 1875, when water stood in places 6 feet deep, destroying property to the value of Rs. 32,000. It has been a municipality since 1870, with an average income during the decade ending 1901 of Rs. 9,700. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 9,800. The town contains four cotton-ginning and pressing factories, a Subordinate Judge's court, a dispensary, and five schools, with 552 pupils, of which one, with 20 pupils, is for girls.