Bagevadi Taluka, 1908

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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.

Bagevadi Taluka

Central taluka of Bijapur District, Bombay, lying between 16 20' and 16 46' N. and 75 38' and 76 16' E., with an area of 764 square miles. It contains 117 villages, including Bagevadi (population, 6,159), the head-quarters, and Mangoli (5,287), but no town. The population in 1901 was 83,620, compared with 102,444 in 1891. The density, 109 persons per square mile, is much below the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 2-19 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 17,000. The Don valley in the north is very rich black soil ; the rest of the taluka is red trap in the uplands and black soil in the hollows. The annual rainfall averages about 25 inches.