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CHICHGAD
Chichgad or Tamarind fort is a village of 1,324 inhabitants in 1971 in Sakoli tahsil situated about 42 miles from Sakoli. It was the headquarters of the Chichgad zamindari and is linked with the Bombay-Calcutta National Highway by a good road, which near Chichgad runs through a pass in the hills more than three miles in length and bordered by dense bamboo forest. Bidi-making is perhaps the only industry of any note. Drinking water supply is obtained from wells and a tank. The village has a post office, a middle school and a medical dispensary. At the weekly market held on Saturdays cattle are also sold. " This estate is situated in the south-east corner of the Sakoli tahsil, bordering
on the Nandgaon State and the Chanda district. Its area is 240 square miles, a large proportion of which consists of unculturable hill country covered by forest. The Barabhati estate was added to the zamindari in 1818 on being confiscated from the zamindar of Sansari in Chanda district for complicity in Appa Sahib's rebellion. The zamindari contains 84 villages of which 11 are
uninhabited The cropped area was 20,000 acres in 1906-07,
of which about 4,000 are irrigated. About 160 square miles are covered by forest and contain teak, saj, butta, dhaura and
bamboos Inferior proprietary rights exist in six villages
and of the remainder about half are managed direct and half
leased to farmers A large timber market is held at
Kasari [Reproduced from the Central Provinces District Gazetteers, Bhandara District 1908 ed. p 197.]." |
