Basim Taluk

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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, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Basim Taluk

Formerly the head-quarters taluk of Basim District, but since August, 1905, the southern taluk of Akola District, Berar, lying between 19° 52' and 20° 25^ N. and 75° 40' and 77° 28' E., with an area of 1,046 square miles. The population fell from 177,250 in 1891 to 153,320 in 1901, and its density, 147 persons per square mile, is less than in any other taluk except Mangrul. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 3,76,000, and for cesses Rs. 30,000. The taluk contains 324 villages and only one town, Basim (population, 13,823), the head-quarters of the taluk and of the Basim subdivision. The northern part of the taluk lies in the Balaghat, or southern plateau of Berar, but the southern portion lies in the valley of the Penganga, which forms the southern boundary from Pardi eastwards. The soil is fertile, especially in the Penganga valley.