Parner Taluka, 1908

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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.

Parner Taluka

Taluka in Ahmadnagar District, Bombay, lying between 18 50' and 19 21' N. and 74 n' and 74 44' E., with an area of 727 square miles. It contains 117 villages, including PARNLK (population, 5,300), the head-quarters. The population in 1901 was 72,617, compared with 79,093 in 1891. The density, 100 persons per square mile, is much below the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 1-3 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 10,000.

The surface of Parner is very irregular and hilly, consisting of a series of plateaux of various heights. The highest is the Kanhur or central plateau, formed by the widening out of the summit of one of the spurs of the Western Ghats, which traverses the taluka from north- west to south-east. The average height of the central plateau is about 2,800 feet above sea-level, though some points on it are 300 feet higher. On the whole, the water-supply is fairly good. Many of the smaller streams have a perennial flow.