GENERAL

TABLES

TABLE No. 1—ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS, NUMBER OF VILLAGES AND POPULATION IN SHOLAPUR DISTRICT, 1971

Taluka

Headquarters

Area in square kilometres

Number of villages

No. of towns

Population

Population per square Kilometre

nhabited

Uninhabite

1 Sholapur North.

Sholapur

736.3

43

1

1

4,87,134

662

2 Sholapur South.

Sholapur

1,195.3

80

--

--

1,33,343

112

3 Barshi

Barshi

1,626.0

129

--

1

2,62,716

162

4 Akkalkot

Akkalkot

1,390.3

119

2

3

2,06,678

149

5 Mohol

Mohol

1,408.4

88

1

--

1,42,334

101

6 Mangalwedha

Mangalwedha

1,140.9

71

--

1

1,07,823

95

7 Pandharpur

Pandharpur

1,303.6

83

--

1

1,87,613

144

8 Sangola

Sangola

1,579.4

68

--

1

1,55,516

98

9 Malshiras

Malshiras

1,522.2

75

--

--

2,26,480

149

10 Karmala

Karmala

1,609.7

96

--

1

1,51,493

94

11 Madha

Madha

1,544.9

96

1

1

1,92,710

125

Sholapur District.

Sholapur

15,021.0

948

5

10

22,53,840

150

TABLE No. 2—NORMALS AND EXTREMES OF RAINFALL, SHOLAPUR DISTRICT

Station

Number of years of data

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sholapur

50

(a)

5.8

3.8

5.8

13.2

22.3

113.5

109.2

103.9

(b)

0.3

0.3

0.6

1.2

1.9

6.8

7.9

6.9

Barshi

50

(a)

5.8

3.6

3.6

9.1

19.8

120.7

105.4

103.9

(b)

0.4

0.4

0.5

1.0

1.7

7.0

8.6

7.3

Madha

50

(a)

7.6

3.6

2.0

10.7

17.5

86.9

81.5

90.4

(b)

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.9

1.5

6.0

6.6

5.6

Karmala

50

(a)

7.9

2.3

3.6

10.7

15.7

102.4

77.5

69.6

(b)

0.5

0.2

0.2

1.0

1.5

6.3

6.5

5.1

Pandharpur

50

(a)

5.6

2.5

3.8

14.0

19.8

105.9

70.9

91.7

(b)

0.4

0.2

0.4

1.2

1.7

6.4

5.6

5.9

Sangola

50

(a)

5.6

2.0

3.6

12.2

24 4

91.2

58.7

69.9

(b)

0.3

0.2

0.3

1.2

2.0

5.8

4.4

4.2

Malshiras

50

(a)

7.1

1.5

4.1

12.7

191

81.5

57.9

55.4

(b)

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.8

16

5.8

4.6

3.8

Akluj

50

(a)

6.9

0.8

3.1

11.4

15.7

72.1

49.8

53.3

(b)

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.8

1.5

5.4

4.7

3.8

Akkalkot

45

(a)

5.3

5.1

6.1

17.0

22.3

104.7

126.2

108.7

(b)

0.3

0.4

0.8

1.8

2.1

6.9

9.0

7.3

Sholapur District

 

(a)

6.4

2.8

4.0

12.3

19.6

97.7

81.9

83.0

(b)

0.4

0.3

0.4

1.1

1.7

6.3

6.4

5.5

(a)=Normal rainfall in mm.

(b)=Average number of rainy days (days with rain of 2. 5 mm or more).

TABLE No. 2—NORMALS AND EXTREMES OF RAINFALL, SHOLAPUR DISTRICT―contd.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Annual

Highest annual rainfall as percentage of normal and year*

Lowest annual rainfall as percentage of normal and year*

Heaviest rainfall in 24 hours†

Amount (mm.)

Date

189.7

69.9

31.3

9.1

677.7

183

(1916)

51

(1939)

191.0

1940 Aug. 12

9.0

4.1

1.7

0.7

41.4

     

 

187.7

59.7

30.7

7.4

657.4

178

(1916)

43

(1905)

153.7

1895 Sept.

9.2

4.0

1.8

0.6

42.5

     

 

174.2

70.9

29.3

6.9

581.7

184

(1916)

37

(1905)

210.8

1950 Sept. 8

8.3

4.2

1.8

0.5

36.5

     

 

159.0

58.7

26.9

6.3

540.6

212

(1948)

35

(1911)

231.4

1895 Sept. 7

7.8

3.6

1.7

0.5

34.9

     

 

178.8

78.2

33.0

6.9

611.1

163

(1916)

44

(1913)

251.5

1895 Sept. 7

8.7

4.3

1.8

0.6

37.2

     

 

154.7

68.3

39.4

7.6

537.6

184

(1916)

60

(1905)

194.1

1895 Sept. 7

8.0

4.0

2.1

0.5

33.2

     

 

149.6

72.4

42.9

10.4

514.6

206

(1916)

41

(1923)

147.3

1931 Nov. 2

7.7

4.6

2.2

0.5

32.6

     

 

135.9

56.9

34.0

8.9

448.8

179

(1947)

40

(1925)

180.9

1906 Aug. 20

7.2

4.0

1.8

0.4

30.4

     

 

186.7

69.3

32.5

5.3

689.2

201

(1916)

57

(1942)

143.8

1921 July 13

9.7

4.0

1.9

0.5

44.7

       

168.5

67.1

33.4

7.6

584.3

181

51

 

 

 

 

 

(1916)

(1905)

8.4

4.1

1.9

0.5

37.0

   

* Years given in brackets.

†Based on all available data up to 1959.

TABLE No. 3—FREQUENCY OF ANNUAL RAINFALL IN THE SHOLAPUR DISTRICT

(Data 1901-1950)

Range in mm.

No. of years

Range in mm.

No. of years

201—300

1

701—800

8

301—400

5

801—900

3

401—500

9

901—1,000

0

501—600

13

1,001—1,100

1

601—700

10

  

TABLE No. 4—NORMALS OF TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY (SHOLAPUR)

Month

Mean daily maximum temperature °C

Mean daily minimum temperature °C

Highest maximum ever recorded

Lowest minimum ever recorded

Relative humidity

°C

Date

°C

Date

0830* %

1730* %

January

30.4

15.3

36.7

1897 Jan. 31

4.4

1945 Jan. 7

49

30

February

33.2

17.1

39.4

1886 Feb. 25

6.1

1911 Feb. 2

40

22

March

36.8

20.8

43.9

1892 Mar. 28

12.2

1886 Mar. 10

35

19

April

39.3

24.2

44.4

1889 Apr. 11

13.9

1905 Apr. 2

38

19

May

39.9

25.1

45.6

1939 May 12

16.1

1885 May 26

48

24

June

34.7

23.3

44.4

1953 June 4

17.2

1922 June 27

69

51

July

31.3

22.3

38.9

1912 July 1

18.3

1914 July 9

74

61

August

31.2

21.8

37.8

1899 Aug. 6

15.0

1956 Aug. 30

76

58

September

31.1

21.6

37.2

1899 Sept. 5

17.5

1959 Sept. 16

77

57

October

32.1

20.4

38.3

1896 Oct. 7

12.8

1882 Oct. 27

64

43

November

30.4

17.2

36.1

1915 Nov. 28

7.8

1881 Nov. 24

57

34

December

29.3

14.8

34.4

1896 Dec. 26

6.7

1945 Dec. 14

53

29

Annual

33.3

20.3

       

57

37

*Hours I.S.T.

TABLE No. 5—MEAN WIND SPEED IN KM /HR. (SHOLAPUR)

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Annual

9.0

8.9

9.2

10.3

13.2

15.3

15.9

13.8

10.3

9.3

9.8

9.0

11.2

TABLE No. 6—SPECIAL WEATHER PHENOMENA (SHOLAPUR)

Mean number of days with

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

Thunder

0.2

0.7

2.8

3.8

3.4

5.7

1.5

Hail

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dust-storm

0.0

1.6

3.0

4.1

4.0

1.9

0.4

Squall

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

Fog

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

TABLE No. 6—contd.

Mean number of days with

August

September

October

November

December

Annual

Thunder

1.8

4.9

3.9

1.1

0.3

30.1

Hail

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dust-storm

0.0

0.1

1.3

0.3

0.1

16.8

Squall

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.4

Fog

1.1

0.8

0.3

0.3

0.0

2.7

TABLE No. 7—NORMALS OF TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY (JEUR)

Month

Mean daily maximum temperature °C

Mean daily minimum temperature °C

Highest maximum ever recorded

Lowest minimum ever recorded

Relative humidity

°C

Date

°C

Date

0830 * %

1730* %

January

30.6

13.4

33.9

1950 Jan. 31

5.7

1957 Jan. 25

55

32

February

33.6

14.7

38.3

1953 Feb. 28

5.0

1950 Feb. 11

47

27

March

36.9

18.4

41.1

1953 Mar. 27

10.4

1957 Mar. 6

42

24

April

38.9

22.8

43.7

1958 Apr. 25

14.4

1960 Apr. 12

45

24

May

39.7

24.2

43.6

1958 May 11

20. 1

1960 May 24

58

28

June

34.9

23.0

43.3

1953 June 6

18.9

1951 June 15

75

51

July

31.3

21.8

39.9

1959 July 3

17.9

1959 July 19

81

63

August

30.7

21.0

37.2

1950 Aug. 24

17.4

1957 Aug. 31

83

64

September

31.4

20.9

36.1

1951 Sept. 29

15.3

1959 Sept. 16

81

59

October

31.8

19.6

36.3

1957 Oct. 14

12.2

1952 Oct. 31

71

48

November

30.9

151

35.0

1959 Nov. 8

8.9

1955 Nov. 14

61

40

December

30.1

12.9

33.4

1960 Dec. 22

5.3

1959 Dec. 27

59

35

Annual

33.4

19.0

     

63

41

* Hours I.S.T.

TABLE No. 8—MEAN WIND SPEED IN KM/HR. (JEUR)

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Annual

5.9

6.3

7.9

9.6

14.4

17.3

17.0

15.6

12.1

7.0

5.3

4.9

10.3

TABLE No. 9—SPECIAL WEATHER PHENOMENA (JEUR)

Mean number of days with

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

Thunder

0.0

0.1

0.3

2.7

2.5

3.6

2.0

Hail

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dust-storm

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

Squall

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Fog

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

TABLE No. 9—contd.

Mean number of days with

August

September

October

November

December

Annual

Thunder

0.3

1.7

2.0

0.0

0.0

15.2

Hail

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dust-storm

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.7

Squall

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

Fog

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0.

0.0

0.1

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