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CHICHEWADA, SUB-ZAMINDARI

Chichevada Sub-Zamindari: "This is a sub-zamindari of Deori-Kishori situated in the east of the Sakoli tahsil to the south of the Great-Eastern Road (now known as Bombay-Calcutta National Highway). Its area is 40 square miles, the bulk of which is forest. The Zamindari belongs to a Halba family. It contains 11 villages, of which five are leased and six managed by the proprietors The income of the estate was Rs. 2,100 at settlement, the bulk of which was derived from the forests; a takoli of Rs. 1,000 was fixed the whole of which is payable to Government through the zamindar of Deori [Reproduced from the Central Provinces District Gazetteers, Bhandara District, 1908 ed, p. 196]." Chichevada is now an insignificant village in Sakoli tahsil with 747 inhabitants according to the 1971 Census.

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