'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1911-1912' [‎336r] (105/259)

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Chapter I.
PHYSICAL
„ AND
POLITICAL.
Civil Divisions of
British Territory;
Northern Division.
Administration.
Agriculture.
Means of
communication
. * UnA^^ two 7 h /' S H nder the ad -inistrative
^Utters and the DistrictVdge^d^^ otrmvi/ma^rs ["
r do-es in the district—one at Godhra and one at nn ’ ^ e . re are two Sub-
under the Deccan Agriculturists’ Relief Act in all the tdlukasIndmahdlsT^districrTh * 1
police administration is in the hands of a Superintendent assisted by a Deputy while th/w ^
administration is m the ha n d s of a Deputy Conservator who has an Assists/’ There areT
Municipalities in the ^strict one , n Godhra and the other in Dohad. There is no H,
Treasury in the district which is served by that at Kaira. H zur
4 ' ° f ^ dlstrict * Te maize irl Godhra, Dohad and Jhdlod and bairi in
Kalol and Halol. ^ T ese are grown as the first monsoon crops. Rice is also lare-elv
though of an inferior quality. ^ Some area is sown with kodra, banti, pulses, sesfmum and
other inferior crops, sesamum being sown for the most partin partially cleared or n^w lands
Groundnut cultivation has recently been introduced in the Eastern Mah;ils 0 „ , ;
the area under it is likely to increase from year to year. Gram and wheat are raised as rabi
cr 0 ps. Cotton cultivation has made fi fair advance in the Halol Mahal and parts of Kdlol
Tahka. The arable waste land is now only 15 per cent, of the cultivated area (10 per cent
in the Western Mahals and 20 per cent, in the Eastern Mahals). V P
A i na nnW d 7 t f Dd th %^° d D ra ~^ gda Railwa y. runs from - wes tt0 east through
the Godhra and [ o ad talukas. The Baroda chord line is already complete and it has
facilitated communication between Godhra and Kdlol. Further, a line from Champaner Road
station to Shivrajpur has been constructed by the Champaner-Shivrajpur Light Railway and
this has opened through communication between Godhra and Halol. The Godhra-Lunawada
Railway is in course of construction. There are six main roads in the district : ( 1 ) connecting
Godhra with Lunawada : ( 2 ) connecting Godhra with Kalol and thence extendino- to Halol and
across to the Jambughoda frontier: ( 3 ) the old road running parallel to the Railway line
from A'nand to Dohad : ( 4 ) the road running from the Railway at Sunth Road to the Sunth
border: ( 5 ) the road connecting Jhalod with the Railway at Limkheda : ( 6 ) the road from Jhalod
to Alirajpur. Besides these a road from Dohad to Kundanpur is under construction. Half of
this road m British limits had already been metalled and the other half has been laid out durino-
the famine of 1911 - 12 . A road from Jhalod to Kushalgadh has also been laid out in the
British portion during the year.
4 .—Broach.
}• "G 16 population is 306,717 or 209 per square mile. The leading cultivators of the Population,
district are the Sunni Bohras, who are in thriving circumstances and increase rapidly in numbers.
Many migrate to South Africa, though their emigration has been much restricted by Colonial
legislation. Some have returned with English and Dutch wives. The patidars or Kunbis are,
though excellent cultivators, distinctly on the downgrade, mainly owing to bad social habits
and a consequent decline in numbers. Among other Hindu cultivators are the Rajputs, who are
mostly lazy and addicted to opium, Kachhias who are skilful market gardeners, Kolis, mainly
m coast villages, and Bhils who have acquired holdings of their own largely in the last ten years,
village labour is done mainly by Bhils and Talavias. Business lies in the hands of the
Brahm-Kshatris (a very able caste), Banias and Parsis.
2 . The land revenue amounts to Rs. 20 , 25 , 551 , excise to Rs. 4 , 27 , 311 , assessed taxes to Revenue.
Ks. 46,414 and local fund cess to Rs. 1 , 72 , 738 . Stamp revenue realized Rs. 1 , 33,086 in
1911 - 12 . No income is derived from forests in this district.
3- There are five talukas and one mahal in the district, under the administrative charge Administration.
°| an Assistant and tw'O Deputy Collectors. There is a District and Sessions Judge (who is
7° Sessions Judge of Panch Mahals) and he has four Subordinate Judges under him. The
ollector and District Magistrate for the purposes of police has under him a Police Superinten-
ent and a Deputy Superintendent. An Assistant Engineer resides in Broach and supervises
en gineering work in the district but the responsible officer is the Executive Engineer for Surat
an d Broach. The district is in the van of the Co-operative movement. Much Magisterial
"ork is done by private gentlemen of whom four are First Class Magistrates while there is also
a Honorary Magistrates in the city of Broach and an Honorary T bird Class Magistrate
at Ankleshwar.
. 4- The soil is chiefly black; but there are tracts of brown soil in Jambusar, A mod,
mdeshwar and other parts of the district. Both kinds are rich. The chief crops in the black
01 a.re cotton, jowari, sesamum, tur, lang, wheat, and rice : in the brown soil bajri, jowan and
P u ses. Tobacco is grown in the alluvial lands of the Nerbadda.
A . A External communication is provided by the B. B. & C. I. Railway which passes thiough
^kleshwar and Broach talukas, and by the Bombay Steam Navigation Company s steamers
• 0m bay and Kathiawar, passengers and goods being transhipped to launches at Luvara
Agriculture.
Means of communi
cation.
point.
ln Ge district.
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^ branch railway to Jambusar is now under construction.
' Ankleshwar is connected to Hansot and the
There is no provincial road
Surat border by 25 miles of
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