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Desaiganj taluka

taluka in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ123267282 ↗
Source-derived summary

Desaiganj (Wadsa) Taluka, is a Taluka in Desaiganj (Wadsa) subdivision of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra State of India.

Demographics

As per Indian government census of 2011, the population was 83,607.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Desaiganj taluka” is taluka in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Desaiganj, taluka and Gadchiroli, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Desaiganj, taluka and Gadchiroli is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “taluka in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q123267282. Authority coordinates are 20.608, 79.952. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Desaiganj taluka”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Desaiganj taluka primary sources, Desaiganj taluka archive and Desaiganj research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Desaiganj taluka”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Desaiganj taluka” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.