BARODA.
158
Gandevi, Palsana, Kamrij, Velachha, Moha, Vyaro, and Tongarh; the Amreli Division, comprising the Districts of Amreli,
With the exception of the Amreli
Korinar, Dhari, and Damnagar. Division,
which
in
is
Kathiawar, the others are
and
British territory,
Gaekwar, but under the British Government. Physical Aspects
.
—The
by the
soil,
also
subject to
soil
when manured and
much
traffic,
minor
chiefs,
supervision of the
surface consists chiefly of regar, or black
and a light-coloured
fertile
political
Narbada (Nerbudda), Tapti, Mahi, and
The
locally
known
well
known.
natural fertility of the black cotton soil is
intermixed with
northern Districts in Guzerat form a wide
rivers
several smaller streams.
cotton
much
also with the lands belonging to
tributary to the
plain, drained
(4)
Okhamandal,
is
irrigated
as in roads,
it
in
as gordru.
The gordru
The soil
dry weather, where
forms deep, heavy, and almost
impalpable sand, which again after rain becomes tolerably compact.
The
roads are generally lined by hedges of cactus, irregularly planted.
Deserted towns, ruined temples, and tanks
now
mud, Okhamandal, in the extreme north-west of the peninsula of Kathiawar, surrounded on three sides by the sea or the Gulf of Cutch, partakes of the general appearance of the Province of Cutch (Kachchh), being everywhere sandy and covered with loose stones. The Amreli Mahals resemble the rest of Kathiawar. The country is open, the soil good, and well partly filled with
bear testimony to the former prosperity of the country.
watered with perennial streams. city of
Baroda,
and highly
The
is
cultivated,
The
central Division, surrounding the
and covered with trees, the soil fertile yielding crops of the most highly prized cotton.
perfectly
flat
fourth or southern Division, including the lands that intermix with
is also fertile and well cultivated, especially neighbourhood of the town of Navsari. The principal rivers flowing through the territory are the Saraswatf, Sabarmati, Mahi, Narbadd (Nerbudda), Puma, Dhutarwad, Shetrunji, The lesser Meswa, Watrak, Shetruti, Dhadhar, Kim, and Ambika. streams are the Bands, Rupan, Lun, Jari, Vishwdmitri, Surya, Or, Varnd, Ambd, Karad, Jambua, and Tembhi. Water is obtained chiefly
the British District of Surat, in the
from
wells,
reservoirs.
but in almost
The
the rich alluvial
serve to
fertilize
all
parts of the
territory
there
are
fine
have worn their courses deep below the level of deposit, and, except on occasions of flood, no longer
rivers
the
soil.
Apart from the Rdjpipla the central Division, there
Hills, is
which fringe the southern
no range of mountains
in
limit of
the whole
territory.
—
Population The Census of 1881 gives a total population of 2,185,005 persons (1,139,512 males, and 1,045,493 females), or 255 to the square mile. Of these, 1,954,390, or 89'45 per cent., are returned as Hindus ; .
