Sirur Taluka
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.
Sirur Taluka
Taluka of Poona District, Bombay, lying between 18° 29' and 19° 2' N. and 74° and 74° 35' E., with an area of 601 square miles. It contains one town, Sirur (population, 7,212), the head- quarters ; and 78 villages, including Talegaon-Dhamdhere (6,468). The population in 1901 was 65,992, compared with 85,222 in 1891. The density, no persons per square mile, is the lowest in the Dis- trict. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 1.6 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 12,000. Siriir consists of stony uplands seamed towards the centre by rugged valleys, but towards its river boundaries sloping into more open plains. The chief features are low hills and uplands. The low hills are occasionally rugged and steep ; the uplands, in some parts poor and stony, have in other parts rich tracts of good soil. In the south-east corner the country opens out with gentle undulations into a fairly level plain. It is throughout sparsely wooded. The prevailing soil is a light friable grey, freely mixed with gravel. The best upland soils are very productive, even with a comparatively scanty rainfall, which averages only 22 inches annually.
