Barsi Taluka

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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.

Barsi Taluka

Taluka of Sholapur District, Bombay, lying between 17° 57' and 18° 26' N. and 75° 36' and 76° 7' E., surrounded on all sides by the Nizam's Dominions, with an area of 596 square miles. There are two towns, Barsi (population, 24,242), the head-quarters, and Vairag (5,163); and 122 villages. The population in 1901 was 139,435, compared with 140,322 in 1891. With the exception of the Sholapur taluka, Barsi is the most thickly populated in the District, with a density of 234 persons per square mile. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 2 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 14,000. The taluka is crossed by several streams, and is, on the whole, well wooded. The villages are small, and lie chiefly on river banks. Barsi has a better climate and a more plentiful and regular rainfall than the rest of Sholapur.