Mahad Taluka, 1908

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Mahad Taluka

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.

Southern taluka of Kolaba District, Bombay, lying between 17° 51' and iS° 19' N. and 73° 17' and 73° 45' E., with an area of 459 square miles. It contains one town, Mahad (population, 7,738), its head-quarters; and 246 villages. The population in 1901 was 114,235, compared with 119,183 in 1S91, the decrease being mainly due to emigration. The density, 249 persons per square mile, is much below the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 1-56 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 10,000. Mahad is of a wild and rugged character, the eye being arrested by spurs of the Mahabaleshwar hills, while in the north are the historic hill and fort of Raigarh. The Savitrl flows through the td/uka, watering rice and garden land. There is little or no sea-breeze, and the changes of temperature are great. The annual rainfall averages 134 inches.