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SIZE OF LAND HOLDINGS 215 The following figures are for the village of tahka Man, district Satara. The soil is of the and the rainfall as capricious as anything in the The lands o! this village may be taken as land 6n the very margin o! cultivation, indeed them are well below the eocenerole margin :? Khadki, pooreat Deccan. representing most of Occupied area ... Assmsment ... Average assessment per acre Number of landholde,? Number of separate plots Average size of holding Average size of plot 2,716 acres Rs. 44 8 annas, 1 pie 160 825 17 acres ' In the great majority of holdings, however the separate plots is much bigger has the largest holding with 187 plots, the average size of each plot being in the snrvey numbers which contain a tation is marked, e. the than size of this. The patil divided into !7 8 acres. It is well that fragmen- Survey No. 191: area 16 acres;assessment Rs. 4. There are 14 separate share in the 14 separate plots in this field, belonging to persons, and each o[ these persons has a one well in the field. Survey No. 201: area 20 acres; assessment Rs. 10 There are 22 separate plots in this field 22 separate persons, and each of these persons. ?n the one well in the field. belonging to has a share Case l?o. 16 The figures given below are for a trac? yhere the pressure of 'population on the land is comparahvely small and the holdings still fairly large :.. Arvi, taluka Dhuiia, district West Khandesh :.. Occupied area Assessment Average asse?ment ... 8,698 acres ... R.?. 2,150 About 9 annas per acre 86 holders have holdings of less than 10 acres 74 holders have holdings from 10 to 20 acres 60 holders have holdin?.? from 20 to 50 acres 9 holders have holdings above 50 a?res Anakwadi, taluka Dhulia, district West Khandesh:-- Occupied area A.?ses, m on t Average assesmnent ... 1,800 acres ... Its. 556 . ... 7 annas per acre