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KHANDESH, EAST

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KHANDESH, See also:EAST and See also:WEST, two districts of See also:British See also:India, in the central See also:division of Bombay. They were formed in 1906 by the division of the old single See also:district of Khandesh. Their areas are respectively 4544 sq. m. and 5497 sq. m., and the See also:population on these areas in 1901 was 957,728 and 469,654. The headquarters of East Khandesh are at Jalgaon, and those of West Khandesh at See also:Dhulia. The See also:principal natural feature is the See also:Tapti See also:river, which flows through both districts from east to west and divides each into two unequal parts. Of these the larger See also:lie towards the See also:south, and are drained by the See also:rivers Girna, Bori and Panjhra. Northwards beyond the alluvial See also:plain, which contains some of the richest tracts in Khandesh, the See also:land rises towards the See also:Satpura hills. In the centre and east the See also:country is level, See also:save for some See also:low ranges of barren hills, and has in See also:general an arid, unfertile See also:appearance. Towards the See also:north and west, the plain rises into a difficult and rugged country, thickly wooded, and inhabited by See also:wild tribes of See also:Bhils, who chiefly support themselves on the fruits of the forests and by See also:wood-cutting. The drainage of the district centres in the Tapti, which receives thirteen principal tributaries in its course through Khandesh. None of the rivers is navigable, and the Tapti flows in too deep a See also:bed to be useful for See also:irrigation. The district on the whole, however, is fairly well supplied with See also:surface See also:water.

Khandesh is not See also:

rich in minerals. A large See also:area is under See also:forest; but the jungles have been denuded of most of their valuable See also:timber. Wild beasts are numerous. In 1901 the population of the old single district was 1,427,382, showing an increase of less than 1% in the See also:decade. Of the aboriginal tribes the Bhils are the most important. They number 167,000, and formerly were a wild and lawless robber tribe. Since the introduction of British See also:rule, the efforts made by kindly treatment, and by the offer of suitable employment, to win the Bhils from their disorderly See also:life have been most successful. Many of them are now employed in See also:police duties and as See also:village watchmen. The principal crops are millets, See also:cotton, See also:pulse, See also:wheat and oilseeds. There are many factories for ginning and pressing cotton, and a cotton-See also:mill at Jalgaon. The eastern district is traversed by the See also:Great See also:Indian See also:Peninsula railway, which branches at Bhusawal (an important centre of See also:trade) towards See also:Jubbulpore and See also:Nagpur. Both districts are crossed by the Tapti Valley See also:line from See also:Surat.

Khandesh suffered somewhat from See also:

famine in 1896-1897, and more severely in 1899-1900.

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