Taloda 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.
Taloda Taluka
Taluka of West Khandesh District, Bombay, lying between 21° 30' and 22° 2 N. and 73° 58' and 74° 32 E., with an area of 1,177 square miles. It contains one town, Taloda (popula- tion, 6,592), the head-quarters; and 193 villages. The population in 1901 was 33,881, compared with 56,775 in 1891. The decrease is due to emigration to neighbouring States, scarcity of water, and the prevalence of a virulent type of cholera during the last famine. This is one of the most thinly populated tdlukas in the District, with a density of only 29 persons per square mile, the District average being 142. The demand in 1903-4 for land revenue was 1.1 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 8,000. Taloda includes six petty Mehwas estates, and is situated in the extreme north-west of the District. The most striking natural feature is the bold outline of the towering Satpuras stretching from east to west, with a belt of thick forest infested by wild beasts along their foot. The prevailing soil is rich black loam. Where the land is tilled and open, the climate is not unhealthy ; but in the villages along the base of the Satpuras and in the west it is extremely malarious, and, except during April and May, unsafe for Europeans. The annual rainfall averages about 30 inches.
