Hansot

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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.

Hansot

Town in the Anklesvar taliika ol Proach District, Bomba)', situated in 21'" 35' N. and 72° 48' E., on the left bank of the Narbada, about 15 miles south-west of Broach city. Population (1901), 3,925. Hansot was formerly the head-quarters of a taluka of the same name, acquired by the British in 1775, restored to the Peshwa in 1783, and again acquired in 1803. The municipality, established in 1889, had an average income of about Rs. 5,000 during the decade ending 1901. In 1903-4 its income was Rs. 4,377. The town contains a dispensary and four schools, three (including an English school) for boys and one for girls, attended respectively by 245 and 35 pupils.