Roha 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.
Roha Taluka
Central taluka of Kolaba District, Bombay, lying between r8 if and 18 32' N and 72 57' and 73 20' E., with an area of 203 square miles, It contains one town, ROHA (population, 6,252), the head-quarters; and 133 villages. The population in 1901 was 47,780, compared with 46,064 m 1891, The density, 235 persons per square mile, is much below the District average The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 1-22 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 8,000. Roha is for the most part hilly, and contains the rich valley of the Kundalika river. The rice lands are well watered during the rainy season, but in the cold and hot months the supply of drinking water is defective. On the hill slopes and uplands the soil is 1 a mixture of earth and broken trap. In the level parts the soil varies from reddish to yellow or black. During the ten years ending 1903 the rainfall averaged 127 inches. . The eastern parts of Roha are much cut off from the sea-breeze, and therefore oppressive in the hot season, but parts of the west and south-west are more open.
