Nasik Taluka, 1908

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Nasik Taluka, 1908

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.

Taluka of Nasik District, Bombay, lying between 19° 48' and 20° Y N. and 73° 25 and 73° 58 E., with an area of 470 square miles. It contains 3 towns, Nasik (population, 21,490), its head-quarters, being the largest : and 135 villages. The population in 1901 was 96,872, compared with 103,005 in 1891. The density, 206 persons per square mile, is much above the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 1-4 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 11,000. The west of the taluka is hilly, and there is a small level tract in the east, but the general character of the country is undulating. The soil is generally poor. The water-supply, except near the Western Ghats, is good. The climate is on the whole healthy.