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'. SELECTIONS FROM .TH~ RECORDS OF" THE BOMBAy-l GOV¥RNMENT. ,j " ' _ . No: cc~,n.-NBWSE&U:S •. PAPERS I 'RELAl'ING TO ,THE . " REVISION SURVEY SETTLE~mT OF 69 GOVERNJIENT VILLAGES, , pF THE,- VIRAMGI(]I ' TAL UK! . ~F THE '. AHMEDABAD\ COLLECTORATE. I~ D II - f- .23.2318tv ,1890• : CO ,046038 . ' [Price~12Annas.] , SELECTIONS FROM THE RECORDS OF-THE BOMBAY· GOVERNMENT. No. CCXLU.-NEW SERIES • • • PAPERS RELATING TO THE REVISION SURVEY. SETTLmlENT OF 69 GOVERNMENT VILLAGES OF THE .VIRAMGX~ITALUKA . OF THE AHMEDABAD· COLLEC'rORATE. ... -'. ' .'1=1=11 ~.a III b.lt I.P PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS. 1890. INDEX TO THE CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO THE REVISION " SURVEY SETTLEMENT·t3F 69 GOVERNMENT VILLAGES OF THE • VIRAMGA'M T~LUKA OF THE AHMEDABAD COLLECTORATE. Letter No. lOll, dated 13th February 1890. A.ppendix A.-Deta.ils of onltiva.tion ... 16 from T. R. Fernandes, Esquire. Deputy .. B.-Detail of population .. , n. 17 SuperintendeDt, GujarAt ReV80l,loe Survey. '. U C.-Ocoupations of the people _ 17 to the Collector of Ahmed&b&d, contain· " ,D.-Return of houses, &c., and·o1 ing propo<¥\ls for the revision aurvey .at· - live and dell.d stock ... ... 18 \lament of 69 Government village. of thE .. E.-Number of schaob with thei Viramgam T1I1uka... ". ... ... "-15 average attendance .. _ 18 F.-Proport.ionof flurvey numbtlrs " cultivated by holders a.nd their 8ub4teU&Ilts .. _ ..• 18 G.-v.rue ofland realized by or· " dina.ry sales ... .. 19-20 IntroduotioD.... ... .~.. _ .... 1-2 J K.-Va.lue of land realized by Jiumber of villRges dealt with in the report. 3 " 8&lea by Court... ... 21 Remcasuremeot ". .., .... _,. 4 I.-Value of land realized by 'l'otaJ. number of survey fielda in original a.l! •• simple mortga,l{et ... 22-23 well as in revision eurvey... ... ." 5 J.-Vlllue of bud realized by Reviaion ela.saifiea.tion .. ••• ,_. ••. 6 .. mortgage with possession 24'-25 Total arable and unarable led found ill K.-V Golue of Ia.ud rea.li&ed by both surveya ..• ." ... •.• ••• 7 " leases of land ... ... u. ••• 126":"27 Position of the villages under report ... 8 .. L ...... Statement showing the prices 1 Description of the COUll try... _, •.. 9 of principal product8 for the • Soil ... ... , .. 10 last 37 yea... ... ... .. ... 28 Extent ~ which the land poMesae8 th M.-Showing the revenne histpry ... 30-31 8ub·eoil water advantages. The method N.-Showing tho maximum water· of taxing them ". ..• ... _,. 11-15 .. rate levicil _., ... ...... 32: Wells &II ... means of inigation 00. .., 16 .. O.-Comparati\"e statement show- Areas of the dlffereni descriptions of land in~ details of revenue unde found. in original .. well u.s io. revilion onginal as '" eU as under re- lur'Vey .•• ••• .., ."" ... 17 vision IJUrvey for e&ch of the R.iD/aIl...... ...... 18 villages nDder report... ... .. '34-35 ... 19-20 ~~: of h~8b~dry ::: ::: :~ ... 21 Correspondence regarding the original sur· Communioationa ... ... •.. ... 22 veysettlement of 77 villages of the Vir80m.· Muketl... ... ... ... .. ... 23 gam T~Uuka commencing with. the Ah 'medabad Collector's No. 119 of 30th De· Fair. '.4 ••• .... • •• ... 24 Manulaetur8ll... ... ... .., ... 25 cemhor-l&l. Itond ending with Governmen Agricnltnral etatlatl.. ••• ... ... 26 Resolution No. 3133 of lat September Populatioo. ... ... ... •.. ... 27 1866." .. ... ... ... .. 36-52 Bou"!... ••• '" .,. ••• ... 26 Memorandum No. 546, dated 3rd March Agrihltllra} c.ttle ... ... •.. ... 29 1890. from the Colleotor of Ahmedllohad NOD.agrioultural animala _.. ... ... 30 to the Survey a.nd Settlement Commis Carts ... ... ... ... • .. ... 31 aioner. forwarding, with his remarks, the Plougha ............ ... 32 proposals of the Deputy Superintendent. Education ... ... ." 33 Revenue Survey. QujarAt, for the revision Proportion of land oultivated by oooupanta settlement of the Viramgam T41uka ... 52-.56 Bud aub·tent.Dta .. , ... M LetteT No. 564 of 26th March 1890 from the VIII •• of land realized b1 ..1 ... 16aaea ODd Acting Survey and Settlement Commis· mortgagee .. ~ •.• ....... 35~(l Wage. of labour ... ....... 41 Bioner to tbe Chief Secrct&ry to Govern· Prieea of produce .....'... .~.. •.. 42--43 ment, forwardingtbeabovecorrespondence. Revenue bietorf of the t4luka ... ... «-46 with hil!l remarks. through the COlDJllia Geneml condition of the people .... sioner, N. D.~.. ... ... ._. ,_. 55-61 Group' of Tillages and the maximum dry. 47 Memorandum No~- nos. da.tod 10th April crop rates proposed for each group 48-53 1890. from the Commissioner, N. D., sub· Bhatta. or dbekudiat land .__ ... ... 54 mitting the above oorrel!lpolldence. with his Estimated ""uIt of the a.pplioa.tion of the remarks, for- ordera of Government •• 62-63 propoaed ..... ... ... .... ... 55-57 Go\"ernment Resolution No. 3606, da.ted 23rd ReMon of the heavy inorease on .. particula May 1890, passing ordera on the above group ... '.. .., ... ... ••. 58-60 63-64 Period of the re'f'ision survey gua.rautee... 61 correspondence ... ... ... ,._ Fruit trees on occupied land... ... ... 62 Government Reaolution No. 6488, dated 13th Reserved treeo ... ... ... ... ... 63 September 1890. reviowin~ the petitions ConalusioD ... _., ... .0..... 64 of objections to the reVlSed ratea,.wd pasaing orden thereon...... ... ... B546-a No. 105 or 1890. FROM T. R. FERNANDEZ, ESQUIRE, Deputy Superintendent, Gujarltt Revenue Survey; To T.a:E COLLECTOR OF AHMEDABAD. • • Camp Rakhial, Tdlulca DGSkroi, 13th Fe~uary 1890. SIR, rhave the honour to submit, for the approval of Government, proposals for the revision settlement of taluka Viramgam of your Collectorate. 2. This tltluka was first brought under the survey settlement by Mr. Rogers in 1857·58, and the rates proposed by him having been tried for three years were, after some delay, san<ltioned by Government in 1866 for a period of thirty years, which expired with the revenue year 1887-88. S. At the time of the introduction of these rates the taluka was com. posed of 78 villages ;.but in 1867, owing to the formation of the new taluka of Sanand, many changes bocurred which have left 69 kMlsa villages to be now dealt with, thus :- i' \> .• Number of villages in• 1857-58 ... ... ... ••• 78 Number of alienated villages which have since lapsed to Govern,ment 2 Total... 80 Ded'UCt. Number of villages transferred to taluka sanand ... 11 Balance villages to be now dealt with • • ... 69 4. The revision of the measurement of these 69 villages was carried out on the same partial system as was described in my settlement report for the taluka of Daskroi. The original work was found good, and confirmed in all the villages except one, viz. Mahmadpur, which was wholly re·measured. 5. The subjoined statement shows the· total number of fields according to·the original and the revision surveys, and the percentage difference in area between them in regard to the survey numbers dealt with by the latter ;- To>taI IhnbInn:w Dr A.u.t. BItfWUJI' OIll8U''u' Alro Kntllla Snn'u, Number Total of old N ....... s....... Num_ of Sur!s, """" I. Over I, OVer'" """"$ FI..... .•""'!; Under 6 and"""" np . and np ....p """,SO to ..... t ... .....to .. ..SO .,- par I. to" per cent. op;'J:." '*1" per oen$, ,... ... ~ ,... ..... per oent. ,... con. -- • B1 originoJ Sur"'1 ... ... 25.891 2,232 1.951 145 '9 30 17 8 30 . .r--- ---' 2,232 By R..i.i.. S• ....". 8S village. partl{,;.euored- • Survey num ... • .. 28,581 • Pdtnumben - ,'" 303 1 tillage wholly meaaured- SurYeY numben ••• ... 123 , . Totalaurvey DUDlbers ... 28.7CK Total pat numben - 308 6: The revision classi'acation was also carried out on the partial system, resultmg as follows :- . 60 ';l\o,ges whose classi6cation was confirmed. S villages whose olassification WIIS wholly oondemned, and done d6 novo. 1 villa"ae the classification of only 200 nllD)bers of whioh WIIS condemned and re- done. 2 villages the classificq,tiol! of ce,tain nnmbers of which was iI;I each cas.e ;raised by Ii anoaa. .M6-1 2 7. The following statement shows at a glance the comparative figures of the old and new surveys under the headings of ' Total', ' U narable waste', and • Remaining arable' :- Total. Cnarable'Vask. Remaining Amble. A. g. A. g. A. g. By original survey - ... .. ... 2,20,294 3~ 33,137 22 1,87,157 12 By revision survey ... ... .. 2,20,204 35 33,339 2)) 1,86,865 10 - ------- Increase ... •• 0 ••• 202 3 .... " Decrease ... 89 ~9 ...... 292 .2 8. The Viramgam Taluka lies between 22°48' and 2:3°31' north latitudes, but 5 of its Government villages are detacbed from it and lie scnttered far be yond its western and north-eastern boundaries, one of them, Ucharpi. being situate ~ miles on the oth61' sioe of the Mtlhsana Station on the RajpuWtna lille. It is bounded on the north by Baroda and the tArritories under the ;\Iahi Kuntha AO'ency; on the east by the Kadi Taluka of the Gaekwad Rnd our own tlLluka ofSan and ; on the south by the Dholka Taluka, and on the west by the pro yiece of KaLhiawar. The extent of the Government villages, as stated before, is 220,205 acres, equal to 344 square miles. 'l'he population of this tract is 73,689 souls, which gives a density of 214 persons to the sqUl\re mile. This density is almost the same as th~t of the adjoining revised talukaof Dholka, which is 223.. • 9. Except in the north-east corner,where the country is broken up with sand-hills of some elevation, the district is a flat expanse. g-enerally speaking quite bare of trees. A low ridge runs almost nOI·t.b and south through Odhav, tJ"aversing about half the length of the talu ka, which i~ the mtleting line of two plains, the western one sloping south-west, so that its flood waters in the rains flow into the Rnnn ; and the eastern, first inclining southward and then south-west, carrying its drainage partly ioto the Ruon auo partly into the )hO.