Kalvan

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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.

Kalvan

North-western taluka of Nasik District, Bombay, lying between 20 degree 21' and 20 degree 42' N. and 73 degree 40' and 74 degree 20' E., with an area of 494 square miles. There are 188 villages, but no town. The population in 1901 was 53,616, compared with 60,417 in 1891. The density, 109 persons per square mile, is much below the District average. The head-quarters are at Kalvan. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 91,000, and for cesses Rs. 6,000. The; west is covered with steep bare hills ; towards the east the country, though flatter and more fertile, is divided by a spur running south-east from the Western Ghats ; in the south rises the high and rugged Sapta- shring range, with its lower slopes fringed with teak. The annual rainfall averages 25 inches.