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KARJAT.

Karjat, the head-quarters of the Karjat sub-division, with, in 1881, a population of 692, is a railway station, sixty-two miles east of Bombay and about five miles south of Matheran.

The railway returns show a fall in goods from 3642 tons in 1873 to 2616 in 1880, and an increase in passengers from 42,032 to 59,166. Karjat was a mere village before the opening of the railway; since then the population has greatly increased. It stands on the south bank of the Ulhas river, which, running down the Konkan Darvaja ravine, enters the plain below Rajmachi fort. Formerly the mamlatdar's office was about three-quarters of a mile distant at Dahivali village on the opposite bank of the river, but, since 1869, his office has been held in new buildings in Karjat, completed at a cost of £2635 (Rs. 26,347). There is also a post office, a rest-house, and a school, and quarters for railway drivers and guards.