Jamkhed
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.
Jamkhed
Taluka of Ahmadnagar District, Bombay, in the south- east corner of the District, surrounded by the Nizam's Dominions. The largest compact portion lies between i8°33 ’and i8°52' N. and 75 n' and 75degree 35' E. The area is 460 square miles, and the tdluka contains one town, Kharda (population, 5,930), and 75 villages. The head-quarters are at Jamkhed. The population in 1901 was 64,258, compared with 76,208 in 1891, the decrease being due to famine. The density, 140 persons per square mile, is above the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was one lakh, and for cesses Rs. 7,000. Most of the villages are situated in the valley of the Sina, and a few on the Balaghat, an elevated and bare table-land, which gradually subsides eastward to the general level of the Deccan and is watered by a tributary of the Godavari. Several streams rise in the small spurs which jut from the Balaghat range, the most notable being the Indiana, which falls in a fine cascade, 219 feet high, through a ravine to the north-east of Jamkhed village. Whereas the soil of the Sfna valley is deep and difficult to work, that of the Balaghat is of lighter texture and repays cultivation ; while the country lying between this range and the boundary of Shevgaon is extremely fertile and well- watered, except in the vicinity of the Sina river, where the rainfall is uncertain. The climate of Jamkhed is healthy, and the annual rainfall averages about 26 inches.
