Kurla

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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.

Kurla

Town in the Salsette taluka of Thana District, Bombay, situated in 19° 4' N. and 72° 53' E., on the eastern extremity of Salsette island, at the point where it is connected with the island of Bombay by the Sion causeway. It is also a station on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. The town has two large cotton mills, of which the Swadeshi mill, owned by a ParsI firm, is one of the largest in India. Population (1901), 14,831, compared with 9,715 in 1 89 1. The large increase is partly due to the exodus of people from Bombay during the plague. Many have now made Kurla their permanent residence. The municipality was established in 1879. During the decade ending 1901 the income averaged Rs. 25,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 35,000, The town contains 6 schools, attended by 339 pupils (including 56 girls), and a dispensary.