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GENERAL
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[The section on geography (pp. 1 to 12) is contributed by Dr. C. D. Deshpande,
Chairman, S. S. C. Examination Board, Maharashtra State, Poona.] SITUATION
KOLABA DISTRICT WITH A LENGTH OF ABOUT HUNDRED MILES from
north to south and a breadth of from fifteen to thirty miles from
east to west lies between 18° and 19° N latitude and between 70c
and 1035° E longitude. It has an area of 2,715 sq. miles, and a
population of 9,09,083 according to 1951 census with a density of
355 persons per square mile. It has 1,776 villages and 13 towns.
Its rural population is 8,13,055 and urban 96,028.
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