Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government. Papers Relating to the Revision Survey Settlement of the Indi Taluka of the Bijapur Collectorate. No. DIX - New Series

With the exception of the village of Yelgee on the west the taluka consists of a compact block bounded on the north by the Bhima river separating part of the Incli from the Sholtipur TAluka on the east by the Sind.gi Taluka on the south by the Bijapur TAluka and on the west by the lath and S6ngli States. [...] Except in the valley of the Bhima and by the side of the nabs the soil is generally of little Character of cultivation. [...] The Great Indian Peninsula Railway runs to the north of the Bhima 12 to 20 miles distant from the northern part of the taluka. [...] The produce of the villages in the Jath State and parts of the Sangli State lying to the west of the taluka is taken up by the merchants of Chadchan and going over the Alrnel-Pandharpur -Roadi finds an outlet at the Indi Railway Station. [...] So does the produce of several villages to the east of the Indi Ta luka lying in the Sindgi taluka and the adjacent Moglai pass to the Indi Railway Station through the merchants of Almel who find it profitable to trade in the valuable agricultural commodities even though they have to pay fairly heavy customs dues to the Government of His Highness the Nizara when transporting the produce from h