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Central Provinces and Berar District Gazetteers Akola District Descriptive

1910

Across the northern border lies the Melghdt taluk of Amraoti District ; on the east are the Daryapur Amraoti and Chandur thinks of Amraoti District and the Darwha and Pusad taluks of Yeotmal District ; the Nizam's Dominions lie to the south ; and the Mehkar Chikhli Khamgaon and Jalgaon taluks of Buldana District occupy the west. [...] The District is divided into six thinks ; Akot occupies the area between the Satpura ghats and the Plana river ; Balapur (on the west) Akola and Murtizapur (on the east) lie immediately south of the Puma with the Nagpur branch of the Great Indian Peninsula Raiway running through them ; and Basim and Mangrul lie to the south again. [...] Streams on the nortwest flow north to the Puma and are carried by it west to the Tapti and thence into the Gulf of Surat in the Indian Ocean ; those on the south and east flow into the Penganga which joins the Godavari and flows into the Bay of Bengal. [...] The great plain of the Payanghat occupying most of the northern half of the District consists chiefly of rich black soil though as the hills in any direction are approached the ground begins to bcome rough and stony and the soil gets shallow and light ; however the western part of the middle of Basini which is by far the largest of the thinks and the level. [...] Lastly the stream gets into the region of the deep black soil ; the banks are hence rugged and unsightly ; the bed is sandy and usually with a deep black mud fringe.' All the streams of the northern part of the District flow into the Puma.
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Pages
437
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xxii C. Brown, A. E. Nelson view
Chapter I. General Description
1-19 C. Brown, A. E. Nelson view
Chapter II. History and Archælogy
20-62 W. Haig view
Chapter III. Population
63-159 C. Brown, A. E. Nelson view
Chapter IV. Agriculture
160-185 C. Brown, A. E. Nelson view
Chapter V. Loans Prices Wages Manufactures Trade and Communications
186-225 C. Brown, A. E. Nelson view
Chapter VI. Forests and Minerals
226-229 C. Brown, A. E. Nelson view
Chapter VII. Famine
230-251 C. Brown, A. E. Nelson view
Chapter VIII. Land Revenue Administration
252-268 C. Brown, A. E. Nelson view
Chapter IX. General Administration
269-282 C. Brown, A. E. Nelson view
Appendix. Gazetteer of Taluks Towns Important Villages Rivers and Hills
283-398 C. Brown, A. E. Nelson view