Khed Town
Khed Town, 1908
Head-quarters of the of the same name in Poona District, Bombay, situated in 18° 51' N. and 73° 53' E., on the left bank of the Bhima river, 26 miles north of Poona city. Population (1901), 3,932. Khed has an area of upwards of 20 square miles, within which limits are at least three places of interest from an archi- tectural or archaeological point of view : namely, the tomb and mosque of Dilawar Khan, an old Hindu temple of Siddheswar on the left bank of the Bhima river, and a temple of Tukai-devi some centuries old a few yards to the right of the Poona-Nasik road. The mosque is a graceful specimen of Musalman carved stone-work. The town con- tains a Sub-Judge's court, a dispensary, and one school with 171 boys and 25 girls. The municipality was established in 1863. For the decade ending 1001 the average income was Rs. 3,000. In [903 1 the income was Rs. 3,500, chiefly derived from a house tax. A branch of the Church Missionary Society, stationed here, carries on evangelistic work in the 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.
