Pauni

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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.

Paunl

Town in the District and tahsil of Bhandara, Central Provinces, situated in 20 48' N. and 79 39' E., on the Wainganga river, 32 miles south of Bhandara town by road. Population (1901), 9,366. Some bathing ghats or flights of stone steps have been con- structed on the bank of the Wainganga, and the town contains a fort which was stormed by the British in 1818. Pauni was constituted a municipality in 1867. The municipal receipts during the decade ending 1901 averaged Rs. 4,200. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 4,500, mainly derived from a house tax. The staple industry of the town is the manufacture of silk-bordered cloths, and thread of very fine counts is woven. The weavers are, however, not very prosperous. The town stands in the fertile black-soil tract called the Pauni Haveli. It contains vernacular middle and girls' schools, a school for low-caste Dher boys, and an Urdu school, and also a dispensary.