Rato-Dero 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.

Rato-Dero Taluka

Taluka of Larkana District, Sind, Bombay, lying between 27 37' and 28 N. and 68 4' and 68 33' E., with an area of 325 square miles. The population in 1901 was 72,312, com- pared with 61,268 in 1891 The taluka contains one town, RATO- DERO (population, 4,281), the head-quarteis; and 80 villages. Except- ing Larkana, this is the most thickly populated taluka in the District, with a density of 222 persons per squaie mile The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to more than 2-9 lakhs. The taluka is irrigated by the Sukkur, Nasrat, and Ghar Canals. The staple crop is rice. Like other well-irrigated tdlukas^ Rato-Dero is flat and has few distinctive features. It contains about 104 square miles of 'reserved' forest.