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

Broach Taluka

Central taluka of Broach District, Bombay, lying between 21'^ 38' and 21° 56' N, and 72° 45 and 73° 10' E., with an area of 303 square miles. The population in 1901 was 110,189, compared with 112,906 in 1891. The density, 364 persons per square mile, is the highest in the District, and greatly exceeds the average. It contains one town. Broach (population, 42,896), its head-quarters; and 105 villages. The land revenue and cesses amounted in r 903-4 to nearly 6 lakhs.

Almost the whole of the taluka is a flat rich plain of black soil stretching towards the north bank of the Narbada, 43 miles of whose course lie within its limits. The remainder consists of a few islands in the bed of the river, and a narrow strip of land on the southern bank, nearly opposite the city of Broach. The supply of tank and well water is defective.