Tasgaon 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.
Tasgaon Taluka
Taluka of Satara District, Bombay, lying between 16° 48' and 17° 13' N. and 74° 24' and 74° 58' E., with an area of 325 square miles. It contains one town, Tasgaon (population, 10,975), the head quarters ; and 48 villages, including Bhilavdi (7,651) and Palus (5,070). The population in 1901 was 92,412, compared with 93,185 in 1891. The density, 284 persons per square mile, is somewhat above the District average. The demand lor land revenue in 1903-4 was 1.6 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 13,000. The south-east is interspersed with many patches of Sangli and Miraj States. The whole of the taluka is rather low, especially the land near the meeting of the Yerla and the Kistna. The northern and eastern portions are rocky and barren, crossed by ranges of low hills which branch from the Khanapur plateau. The west and south-west on and near the great rivers form a continuation of the rich plain of the eastern Valva, and like it are well wooded with mango and babul. The only important rivers are the Kistna, forming the western boundary, and the Yerla, which enters the tdluka from the north. Near the Kistna and Yerla the soil is rich black ; towards the north-east it is rocky and barren. The annual rainfall at Tasgaon town averages 25 inches. It is slighter and more variable in the east of the taluka.
