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town of See also:India, in the See also:Akola See also:district, See also:Berar, 52 m. S.S.E. from Akola station of the See also:Great See also:Indian See also:Peninsula railway. Pop. (1901) 13,823. Until 1905 it was the headquarters of the district of Basim, which had an See also:area of 2949 sq. m.; but in that See also:year the district was abolished, its component taluks being divided between the districts of Akola and See also:Yeotmal. Its western portion, the Basim taluk, consists of a fertile tableland, about See also:i000 ft. above See also:sea-level, sloping down westward and southward to the See also:rich valley of the Penganga; its eastern portion, the taluks of Mangrul and Pasud, mainly of a See also:succession of See also:low hills covered with poor grass. In the Pasud taluk, however, there are wide stretches of woodland, while some of the peaks rise to a height of 2000 ft., the scenery (especially during the rains) being very beautiful. The See also:climate of the locality is better than that of the other districts of Berar; the hot See also:wind which blows during the See also:day in the summer months being succeeded at See also:night by a cool See also:breeze. The See also:principal crops are See also:millet, See also:wheat, other See also:food grains, See also:pulse, oilseeds and See also:cotton; there is some manufacture of cotton-See also:cloth and blankets, and there are ginning factories in the town. In 1901 the See also:population was 353, 410, showing a decrease of 11 % in the See also:decade, due to the See also:famine of 1899—1900, which was severely See also:felt in the district.

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