Tarapur-Chinchani
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.
Tarapur-Chinchani
Port and group of two villages in the Mahim and Dahanu talukas of Thana District, Bombay, situated in 19° 52' N. and 72° 41' E. The village of Chinchani lies on the north bank and Tarapur on the south bank of the Chinchani-Tarapur creek, 15 miles north of Mahim. Population (1901), 7,051, largely consisting of Parsi and WanI money-lenders. Chinchani is a very old town, the Chechijna of a Nasik cave inscription of the first century. In the Parsi quarter of Tarapur there is a fire-temple built about 1820 by a well-known Parsi contractor, Vikaji Mehrji. Tarapur is a seaport. The value of trade in 1903-4 was 31/2 lakhs ; namely, imports 6 lakhs and exports 19/2 lakhs. The imports consist chiefly of rice, salt, sugar, kerosene, and iron; and the exports, of rice, unsalted fish, and firewood. The villages contain a dispensary, and an English middle school with 29 pupils.
