Karajgi
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.
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.
Karajgi
Eastern of Dharwar District, Bombay, lying between 14° 44' and 15 degree 5' N. and 75 degree 17' and 75 degree 44' E., with an area of 441 square miles. It contains one town, Havkri (population, 7,974), the head-quarters; and 127 villages. The population in 1901 was 104,342, compared with 90,206 in 1891. The density, 237 persons per square mile, is slightly below the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 2.09 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 16,000. Except in the south-west, where it is broken by hills, the country is flat. It is crossed from east to west by the Varada, a tributary of the Tungabhadra. In the north and east the soil is black and in the south and west mostlj red. with an occasional plot of black. The plain of Karajgi is broken at Deogiri, Kanvali, and Kabur by short ranges of hills. The annual rainfall averages 30 inches.
