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PLACES
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UMBRAJ
Umbraj village, (Karad T; 17° 20' N, 74° 05' E; RS Masur 3 m. E; p. 4,507) lies on the Poona-Belganv mail road ten miles north-west of Karad and twenty-four miles south-east of Satara on the right bank of the Krshna just below its junction with the Tarli which is bridged at this point. The Mand also flows into the Krshna at this point, and from here an unmetalled road branches to Malhar Peth in Patan where it meets the State Highway to Chiplun. This continues east to Pandharpur by the Shamganv gorge, Mayni and Kaledhon pass through Atpadi in Sangli district. The road is not motorable throughout the year. Umbraj is a village with a trade in groundnuts on a large scale and some wholesale trade in food grains. It has a large market-yard flanked with shops running east to west, and one of the oldest and chief banking houses in the district. In 1827 Captain Clunes noticed it as a kasba or market town with 150 houses and thirty-two shops. [Itinerary, 34.] Recently a number of activities
were carried on in the village under the Block Development Scheme viz., construction of a school building, running of carpentry and smithy classes, adult literacy classes and a veterinary stockman centre.
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