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- AI<..RA N I /_\,{ oJ\h·J.. (W.c~f Kt~ri<&I. ddncf} No. DCXL\l-New Serie~ PAPERS RELATING TO THE ORIGINAL. SETTLEMENT OF THE AKRANI MAHAL OF THE WEST KHANDESH DISTRICT [Price-A.unas 10 or ls. ld.J BOMBAY PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS ' 1930 the (iroup · and Rating as s fiovernmenr. IEfllflrE. ...................... ,..................... Hax-~ofe3. 11o oF Yillo~ .. !:' .. ... ,. ................. e i .. "" ............... 1 , .........,..... •·· ........... B:l 6roup ....... I ... '--------- 0-12-0 .............. 26 ........ .. ............. til ............. ............. x Group ......II .. I '--------- 0-8-0 ____________ 41 ,_,.......... .. .,,,.p,' .......... ,.,....,.. '*" ...... I'T. Akroni HohaL-- 6 7 ......., ..... ... .. ................ , ~"'""'"'""'' ........... o. • ... 1 ,, ~- ' " '""' ' .............. ·J'· Road:s•.• -----------· ,...fl,.,... ........................ f" ......... ,, ................ -·-·- .. ......... ... , ..... ........... 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I I::U-:Y 2 2 ·-·-7,_ ·-7 . • I -7-3 30S~6N 1- 5-4 •2 ·- 4-0 11 •-• -ef •40 t-o-o I nde:e to the oorresp,nden~ relating to the Original Seulement proposals of Akrani' M ahal · . · of the West Jr_handesk District. --'------,------;---.--,---------;---·-· ··---- - I Paras. P&ges Par01. I PngC.. I Lotter No. S. R. V.-58, dated 19th APP:Bli'DIO:ES. ,January 1927, from the Settlement Officer, Akrani M&hal of West Khon Appendi>: A-Rainfall •• 10 desh District . .. 1·9 Do. B-Details of cultivation and orops .. 11 Do. D-Agricultnral stock •• 11 Con:urra Do. E-Shops and industries .. 12 Do. F-8ouroea of water supply .. •• 12 I ~troduotory remarks • . 1-3 Do. !-Prices . .. 12 Boundaries· . • . 4-5 Do. K--Collection of assess- Physio&lfe&tureo .. .. 6-8 ment .. .. 13 Soil .. •• •• 9-10 Do. X-Birt.hs and d ...ths •• 13 RainWI .. •• •• 11 Do. Y-Ef!ect of the original Climate • • • • •• 12-13 · Settlement proposals. 14-16 Crops and cultivation . 14-19 Do. Z-Showing number of Irrigation . .. 20 patients treated at Communications . 21-23 the dliapensar,y at Fairs and ba.zatB . • . 24-25 Dhsdgaon •• 17 Imports and exporte . 1 •• 26 Memorandum No. B. R. V.-18, dated Commerce and industriee •. 27-29 22nd Januar,y 1927, from the Collec· Live and dead stock . 30-32 tor of West Khandesh, forwarding Wages · . 33-34 the Settlement proposals with his Population, habits of the people, remarks . ' .. 18 births and deaths, and other gene· Settlement Commissioner's Memoran ral remarl<s . • • 35-43 dum No. S.T.-624, dated 11th AprU Education . 44 1927, forwardin~ the Settlement Sales and ]....,es . • 45-46 proposals with his remarks to Com· Rates .. • .. · 47-58 missioner. CentTal Division .. 19·29 Grouping . 59-65 Memorandum No. L.N.D.JW. 2/12, Effect of the Settlement propos&ls, dated 23rd January 1928, from the and guarantee . 66-67 Commissioner, Central Division, General remarks . 68-69 submitting the Settlement proposals with his remarks to Govomment • ~ G.R., R.D., No. 9383dated 28tb ,June 1928, passing order on the orjginal Settlement of Akrani Mahal .. 22·23 . ca 1-.:1 No. S, R. V.-58 From T. T. KOTH4.V ALA, Esquire;- M.A., B.Sc., B.C.S., Settlement Officer, Akrani Mahal; District West Khandesli ; . To . THE COLLECTOR OF WEST KHANDESH . ' • • . • 1 ' · Dhulia. Subject.-· Original Settlement Proposals of Akrani.Mahal. Dhulia, 19th January _1927. ~ . I hav~ the honour to sub~t proposals for the original settlement of the 67 surveyed villages of the Akram Mahal, to which survey rates are to be applied for the first time. · 2. The survey of the Mahal was carried out under orders contained in Govern ~ent Resolut.ion No. 295 dated 15th January 1900. The survey operations becran m the year 1901 and were carried on till1907, by which time 67 villages had b~en surveyed. .The survey of the remaining 79 villages was held over indefinitely as it was pointed out that the benefits derived from the survey would not be co=en surate with the expenditure and the time spent on subjecting these hilly tracts to the operations of measurement and classification. 3. -The settlement of these surveyed villages was not taken in hand till last· year as it was. thought that it would not be proper to disturb the old scale and fashion of collecting land revenue which were congenial to the administration of the wild aboriginal tribes cultivating these regions.· · 4. The Akarni Mahallies. to the North-West ofthe District beyond the pre- B da . cipitons walls of the Satpuras, which separate it from the oun nes Taloda Taluka to its south. It is bounded on the East by the Barwani State and on West by the Kathi estate while to the North,of the Mahal flows the Narbada heyond which lie the states of Mathwar and Rewa Kantha. , 5. The 67 villages which are to be settled lie to· the east of the Mahal,. betwe~n the Tinshamal and Asthamba Ranges, and form a fairly compact pear-shaped tract with the apex to the south. 6. Barring a few villages along the Narbada the tract to be settled is the . ~ F most level portion of .. this ;mountaint:ms regtf\>n. Some Physic ••turea level patches are found round about Dhadgaon. Very few villages have all their fields level. As we proceed from this central pleateau the ground beoomes more and more broken up till down south, after Mundvani Budruk the surface is so crumpled up that hardly a field is fairly level and agriculture dwindles down to cultivating undulating patches of soil separated by rude hillocks or rocky streams. At Astamba-.the extr~me ~outh-the major portion of cultiva~ tion is along the terraced shoulders of h1gh liills. The plateau breaks up rather suddenly to the West along the line formed by Murukh. Khur~ M~dalvad, Survani and Nandalwara, whence, after a steep descent, It contmues m huge wrinkles along a series of low ranges which continue to the .Kathi estate. 7. No big river passes through the tract, the upper plateall of which is drained by the Qdai river and the lower western part by the Khad ·~tream. Both these discharge into the ~arbada a~ter very to~uons ?O~ses. _They do not ~ow thr~:mgh ont the year. Durmg the raJns the flow IS torrentral while for the :p:laJor portiOn of the year it shrinks to a thin dribble from pool to pooL s. It is necessary to consider the physical features in detail as they form an important factor in the formation of the groups. 9. The soil varies considerably and there are all shades from the rich black . soil of Roshmal and Dhanaja to the thin layer of earth Soli which cannot yield crops mote than once in four years. Even in a village, soil varies considerably in a comparatively· .co:nfi:ned area~ Mo·ca 1-1 2 It might be fairly dark and rich along the bed of a nala and tail off to the pale yelJ.ow " barad " on the neighbouring. hillock. 10. The black soil is fertile and retentive of moisture !J,nd can bear good crops. Last year the enterprising patil of Rosbmal grew cotton-·reported to be the first time in history-and got a good crop but the scarcity ·of labour due to the sparse population made the experiment unremunerative. Most of. the _soil is murumy darkish brown, well fitted for bajri. and jowari which are extensively cultivated • . If. Rain is recorded at. DhS:dga9D. only. · Appendix. A gives the required . ·. · information .. The rainfall; on. tlie average, is 30 inches Rainfa.ll . and is usually assured and seasdri~J.ble. It is, heavier along the high ranges of Tinshamal and A.stamba. Record beyond 1911 is not available. During the last 15 years there have been . only three lean years- 1911, 1918 and 1925-all due to a failure of late rains .. Last year though it rained well in June there was hardly any fall after July. Absence of serious faniine has made the people indifferent to economical habits of saving against calamities and creating credit through savings. · . 12. Two' handicaps have' retarded the development of the' Mahal, bad com- • Cii . munication and bad climate. Appendix Z shows the • mate number of patients trea,ted at the dispensary opened at Dhadgaon in 1920:·. Last year 1,172 patients were l;reated out of l2,982, the total .J:lopulation of tP,e Mahal.