Ichalkaranji Town

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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.

Ichalkaranji Town

Chief town of the feudatory jdglr of the same name in Kolhapur State, Bombay, situated in 16° 41' N. and 74° 31 E., near the Panchganga river, about 18 miles east of Kolhapur city. Population (1901), 12,920. The town is administered as a muni- cipality, with an income in 1903-4 of Rs. 4,500. The climate is healthy, but the water of the wells is brackish. Good drinking-water has been brought in iron pipes from the PanchgangiX by the help of a steam pump raised on a tower built in the river. Every year in October a large fair attended by about 2,000 people is held in honour of Venkatesh, the guardian deity of the State.