Rahuri Taluka

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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.

Rahuri Taluka

Central taluka of Ahmadnagar District, Bom- bay, lying between 19 15' and 19 37' N. and 74 23' and 74 51' E., with an area of 501 square miles. It contains one town, VAMBORI (population, 6,191), and 112 villages, including RAHURI (5,681), its head-quarters. The population in 1901 was 83,494, compared with 64,862 m 1891. The increase was due to the large num- bers (19,000) "employed m 1901 upon relief works opened during famine. This raised the density to 167 persons per square mile, which is, with the exception of Ahmadnagar taluka^ the highest in the District.

The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 1*8 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 12,000. Rahuri forms part of an extensive plain country drained by the rivers Mula and Pravara, tributaries of the Godavari. The south-eastern boundary is a well-marked range of hills dividing Rahuri from the more elevated taluka of Ahmadnagar, which forms the water- shed between the Godavari and the BhTma. The highest point, the hill of Gorakhnath, has an elevation of 2,982 feet above sea-level, or about 1,200 feet above the level of Rahuri. The taluka is scantily wooded, and, with the exception of a few mango and tamarind groves on the banks of rivers near villages, is entirely bare of trees. The prevailing soil is a deep black, requiring much ram to enable it to yield good crops. Towards the hills and on the ridges between the rivers, the soils being lighter and more friable are better adapted for the early crops. Four miles of the Ojhar canal and 17 miles of the Lakh canal traverse the taluka. Early and late crops are grown m about equal proportions : the early crops chiefly in the hill villages, and the late crops in the plains. The Dhond-Manmad chord railway traverses the taluka from north to south.