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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 18, p. 423.

NA VSARI PRINT 423 mango, tamarind, banyan, pipal and other species of Ficus, Anona squamosa, and Artocarpus integrifolia. The population was estimated in 1872 at 241,255. At later enumerations it was: (1881) 287,549, (1891) 319,4431 and (1go1) numbered 126,624; Animists, The prdnt is divided sub-mahdls, statistics 300,441. In the last year Hindus 138,034; Musalmans, 25,451 ; and Parsis, 7,589. into eight tdlukas or mahdls, and two pethas or regarding which in 1901 are shown below :- ci yJ ° o vro d Number of o c ^ ~•C as a~ W ax OC .n N.~ O H y.p.0 N U Tkluka, r . a as e •m w c ro ~ G a, d c b 3 E _~ 0 w~ 8ma v :10~ r F a 0 a" 0 z c. Navsari 125 1 6o 59,875 479 +11-9 11,476 Gandevi 46 2 28 30,920 672 - 5.8 3,905 Mahuva ' 143 ... 69 33,720 236 - 1,646 . 5.0 Vy5ra . 360 1 153 44,237 123 -17•0 1,518 Songarh 344 1 152 28,217 82 - 642 4-9 Vajpur 460 ... 91 6,218 14 -26.8 175 Velaehha 149 ... 58 22,567 151 -11.1 1,172 Vakal . 78 ... 34 7922 102 -25.7 98 Kamrej 156 1 75 41479 266 - 7-3 4,921 Palsana 91 ... 52 25,286 278 + 0.1 2,811 Total 1,952 6 772 300,441 154 + 5.9 28,364 The number of towns is 6 and of villages 772, the former being NAVSARI, VYARA, GANDEVI, BILIMORA, KATHOR, and SONGARH. About 75 per cent. of the population speak Gujarati-, and 21 per cent. various Bhil dialects. The chief animistic tribes are the Gamits (38,ooo), Dublas (28,000), Chodhras (23,ooo), Bhils (16,ooo), and Dhodias (r,ooo). The soils are classified as light sandy loam or gordt, and black soil, with an intermediate class known as bestir. Gordt produces all kinds of 'dry crops,' and when watered and manured is valuable. Rice and cotton are the chief products in the black soil. The principal crops grown are jowdr, rice, wheat, bdjra, kodra, ndgli, bkvio, tuver, vdl, peas, gram, mag, math, udid, diveli, tal, cotton, hemp, tobacco, sugar-cane, plantain, bhoising, &c. The most valuable stock are the large powerful cattle known as hedia. This prdnt is noted for its forests, the area of the Reserves being 547 square miles. These are now under a system of strict conservancy and yield a considerable income. The principal timber trees are teak, shisham (Dalbergia Sissoo), khair (Acacia Catechu), bia (Pterocarpus Marsupium), haladvan (Adina cordifolia), temru (Diospyros melan- oxylon), and sadad (Terminalia tomentosa). The chief industry is the weaving of cotton cloth. Embroidery to