Jamner 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.
Jamner Taluka
Taluka of East Khandesh District, Bombay, lying between 20 degree 33' and 20degree 55' N. and 75 degree32' and 76 degree 1' E., with an area of 527 square miles. It contains two towns, Jamner (popula- tion, 6,457), the head-quarters, and Shendurni (6,423); and 155 villages. The population in 1901 was 91,739, compared with 87,230 in 1891. The average density, 174 persons per square mile, is above the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 2.4 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 17,000. Most of the tdluka consists of a succession of rises and dips, with streams the banks of which are fringed with babul groves. In the north and south-east low straggling hills covered with young teak rise out of the plain. There is a plentiful and constant supply of water. On the whole, the climate is healthy, but at the close of the rains fever and ague prevail. The chief streams are the Vaghur, with its tributaries the Kag and Sur, the Harki and Sonij. Most of these streams rise in the Satmala hills. There are also 1,950 wells. Generally speaking, the soil is poor. There is black loam in the valleys, and on the plateaux a rich brownish mould called kali munjal.
