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SEONI
Seoni, popularly known as Seoni Bandh, is a small village of
1931 inhabitants in 1971 in Sakoli tahsil situated about six miles
south of Sakoli. The village is chiefly known for a large tank
which is second in size only to Navegaon. The tank is said to
have been originally constructed by " Dadu Patil Kohli three
centuries ago, but it is probably more recent". Reconstruction
work was taken up in 1954 and completed in 1966. The tank
is about seven miles round, the water surface being nearly two
square miles and depth 45 feet. It is surrounded on three sides by a circle of hills the fourth being closed by a dam. It irrigates 4,575 acres land in six villages. The shape of the tank is an oval and a great part of it is fringed with forest, the view from the embankment being very picturesque. The tank has been brought under pisciculture. It is chiefly stocked with major carps. For carrying out research on fish culture and experiments on induced breeding, a fish farm has been established at Seoni. It covers an area of 10·68 acres and has a set of two stocking tanks, two rearing tanks, two marketing tanks and six nursery tanks. Baby fishes of major carps are also reared on this farm upto fingerling size and then released in different perennial tanks in the district. There is a primary school at Seoni. Seoni was held by the Kohli family for a long time, but under the Bhosle rule they were ejected and it was made over to BakaBai, the dowager Maratha queen.
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