222 SUBDIVISION OF HOLDINGS 



Survey No. 201 : area 20 acres ; assessment Rs.10. 

 There are 22 separate plots in this field belonging to 22 

 separate persons, and each of these persons has a share in 

 the one well in the field. 



CASE No. XVI. 



The figures given below are for a tract where the pressure 

 of population on the land is comparatively small and the 

 holdings still fairly large : — 



Arvi, taluka Dhulia, district West Khandesh : — 



Occupied area . . 3698 acres. 



Assessment . . Us. 2150 

 Average assessment About 9 annas per acre. 

 36 holders have holdings of less than 10 acres. 

 74 holders have holdings from 10 to 20 acres. 

 60 holders have holdings from 20 to 50 acres. 

 9 holders have holdings above 50 acres. 



Anaivadki, taluka Dhulia, district West Khandesh : — 



Occupied area . . . 1300 acres. 



Assessment . . Rs.556 



Average assessment . 7 annas per acre. 



The Marwadi money-lender owns 356 acres which he leases 

 out to others. 



Of the remaining land 7 holdings aggregating 411 acres 



are between 50 and 70 acres each. The remaining 33 



holdings, aggregating 533 acres, average out at 16 acres 



apiece. 



The land of the above two villages is light soil, growing 



bajri and cotton, and the amount of irrigation is negligible. 



CASE No. XVII. 



The last case refers to a typical cotton village in the East 

 Deccan, where the soil is deep, the rainfall somewhat pre- 



