Khanapur Taluka, Bombay, 1908
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.
Khanapur Taluka, Bombay
Taluka of Satara District, Bombay, lying between 17 8' and 17 degree 27' N. and 74 degree 14' and 74degree 51' E., with an area of 510 square miles. It contains 91 villages, including Khanapur (population, 5,229) and Vita (5,035), the head-quarters. The population in 1901 was 86,049, compared with 95,931 in 1891. The density, 169 persons per square mile, is much below the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was i-6 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 13,000. Khanapur is an upland, rising more than 200 feet above the Karad valley on the west and the great plain of the Man on the east. It is sparingly wooded, except near the feeders of the Yerla river, which crosses the from north to south on its way to join the Kistna. The climate is fairly temperate, save for occasional hot winds ; but the rainfall, which measures only 24 inches annually, is uncertain, and water is often scarce in the hot season. The soil is either black or grey murram with its intermediate varieties.
