'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1911-1912' [‎337r] (107/259)

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der 3 i W 0 F °A r s 4 tnt and two D^ty Cotctors ^ tiluk - and two pethas
“Ides the district of Kolaba, isisLted by an AsTistanfandi 1 g |’ r h< ? e ^diction also
["rest administration the district is divided Into three divisions ieb Su ^ ordlnat ? Judges. For
nflicer, two of whom have a Sub-Divisional Officer under them ti,"' 1 ! J : ' r . a ^'visional Forest
fpolice, with an Assistant and six Inspectors, controls the poli'cing of the d!st t rlct“ Perintendent
The cultivation of rice is carried on extensively in embanked fields T
a | S 0 been reclaimed from the sea by protective embankments. Inferior cereal ^ ^
pulses are grown on he uplands, and in the north of the district also tur tU and hi ^
L vral occasionally follows sw : eet rice as a ■> stolen crop,” There is a or^ l T o h ® m ? : § ram
rice with Bombay, and in timber and charcoal with Bombay RhamT 1 T' P, 1 . n ha y and
gardens and orchards of the coast produce a considerable quantify of vlgetables T/ 1 '-,
niost noticeable of which are plantains and mangoes. 4 7 vegetables and fruits, the
e. Both the main railway lines of Western India r„r, , ,,
I. northwards to Gujarat and Upper India, and the G 7% ^ dlSt J lct > T the B - B - &
addition the district is well served by a number of metalled reads' afd navigable credfs^' 1 ' lD
Chapter I.
PHYSICAL
_ AND
POLITICAL.
Civil Divisions of
British Territory.
Central Division.
Administration.
Agriculture.
Means of commu
nication.
CENTRAL DIVISION.
The Central Division comprises the districts of Ahmednap-ar PW end \\r , ,
Nasik, Poona, Satara and Sholapur. It has an area of 37 221 ^ 0^0 rnd£ d Khin desh,
0 ( 6 , 387,064 souls. The unwieldy district of Khandesh wis divided into two^rom November
1 .—Ahmednagar.
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toRs. 36.500 and local fund cess to Rs. i,iRRSa’^SUmpllvInue realised IU. Mi%e. ‘ aXPS
3 . The district is divided into 11 talukas in charge of two Assistant CnlWtel o j
Deputy Collector The District Judge is aided by an Assistant JudgTt d dght S borl”: Adn ’ ,mStrah ° n -
Judges and the District Superintendent of Police by an Assistant Superintendent, a Deputy
Superintendent^ and five Inspectors. The Revenue Department has charge of niost of the
forest land. Tne fores s in Akola and Sangamner are under the Divisional Forest Officer
South Nasik, and a small area is under the Divisional Forest Officer, North Nasik. ’
4 . The area of the district fit for cultivation is 3 , 201,280 acres, of which an area of Agriculture.
2 371,362 acres was actually under cultivation. The principal crops are iowari and bdiri hut
there is also much cotton and wheat. The total area under irrigation in 1011 12 ’ was
145,673 acres ; with the progress of the Goddvari and Pravara Canals, now under construction
this area is steadily increasing and should continue to increase. '
{ U LfrW ^ hond ;^f mad C hor d lme th< ; P* L P- Railway passes through the centre of Means of communi
the district from south to north. The district has many roads ; some of them are good but cation -
most of them are bad, the necessary funds to keep them in proper repair and construct the
necessary bridges and culverts not having been hitherto available.
2 .— East Kha'ndesh.
. l : The population has increased during the decade from 959,454 to 1 , 034 , 886 . The Population,
majority of the population consists of Kunbis who are skilful cultivators, but very few of whom
me well-to-do. Bhils are numerous, and with the Mahars and a few Kunbis they form the
abouring class of the district. The Mussalmans in the district are chiefly descendants of the
; iahomedan invaders and Arab mercenaries, but they also include a number of Bhil converts
m the,Eastern Satpuras. The trading classes consist chiefly of Ladsaka and Guiarati Banias,
arvadis, Bhatias and Mahomedans.
2 . The land revenue amounts to Rs. 26 , 82 , 156 , excise to Rs. 11 , 04 , 836 , assessed Revenue,
axes to Rs. 97,144 and local fund cess to Rs. 1 , 82 , 728 . Forest revenue realised Rs. 1 , 72,833
ln 1911-12 and stamps Rs. 3 , 38 , 466 .
da ^ district is divided into ten talukas and three mahals under the administrative Administration.
two assistants and one Deputy Collector. There are six Subordinate Judges under
g ^strict Judge at Dhulia whose jurisdiction includes East as well as West Khandesh. The
p!? enn ^ enden t Police has an Assistant and a Deputy, and the Deputy Conservator of
Deputy
vy _ _ r Khand. ' ‘
Jdgaon was chosen as the head-quarters of the new district
4- The cultivated area amounted in 1911-12 to 2 , 049,757 acres, while 54,678 acres still Agriculture.
arjf ? an A ss i s t an t. The district was separated from West Khandesh in November 1906
t uncuhiyated. The chief crops are bdjri, jowari, and wheat, kulith and gram amongst
P u ses and linseed and sesamum amongst the seeds. The district probably grows more