(n.) A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it.
Example Sentences:
(1) This preliminary study from Gudiyatham Taluk, the leprosy control area of the Schieffelin Leprosy Research & Training Centre, investigated the incidence rates of leprosy among household contacts during the period 1970-1985.
(2) Among the four taluks (sub-division for administration), highest occurrence was found in Agastheeswaram taluk (51.2%) followed by Kalkulam (24.4%), Thovalai (22%) and Vilavancode (2.4%).
(3) The opportunity for intensity of selection is studied in two backward caste groups with different occupations, namely Yadava (pastoral) and Vadabalija (fishing) of Bheemunipatnam Taluk of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh.
(4) As part of the leprosy control program, population follow-up studies were carried out during 1962 to 1970 in Gudiyatham Taluk, an administrative unit in South India (population: 400,000).
(5) In Gudiyatham Taluk, South India, 1008 lepromatous (LL) and borderline lepromatous (BL) patients were studied.
(6) Among the four taluks (countries) the majority of the cases (41.1 per cent) came from Agastheeswaram, followed by Kalkulam (28.6 per cent), Thovalai (17.0 per cent) and Vilavancode (13.3 per cent).
(7) Agastheeswaram taluk contributed 52.6 per cent of positive cases followed by Kalkulam (26.2 per cent).
(8) Based on the incidence study it was noted that the minimum incidence of Perthes' disease in Udupi Taluk on the western coastal plain of south India was 4.4 per 100,000 children aged 5 to 14 years, while the prevalence survey suggested that the incidence may be as high as 14.8 per 100,000 children.
(9) Both are industrialized towns, Manipal serving the surrounding taluk of Udupi.
(10) The Bhore panel proposed to set up 7,200, 30-bed community health centers (CHC's) in the rural areas by 2000 calling for 90% of all beds to be at the village, taluk or district levels with 40% set aside for maternal and child health.
(11) Investigations on 105 individuals from the Kannikar tribals of Nedumangard Taluk of Kerala (India) showed a fast moving albumin variant (9.5%) in pH 8.6.
Taluka
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) A baseline health survey was carried out in tribal area of Dahanu taluka in Maharashtra as a part of Rural Neonatal Care Project of the Government of Maharashtra.
(2) Preschool children of two villages of Kharar Taluka, Ropar district, Punjab (India) were screened for the prevalence of giardiasis.
(3) According to the Pakistan Dalit Solidarity Network (PDSN), "animals started dying in the desert in October last year but the government didn't act until reports of children dying in the Mithi taluka hospital."
(4) The model is subjected to sensitivity analysis with reference to data for Salcette Taluka, Goa, India.
(5) To study the anopheline fauna of Kheda district collections from 164 villages representing 7 talukas of the district were made.
(6) A survey in February-March 1984 yielded a total of 9222 specimens of anopheline mosquitoes collected from 9 talukas of Kutch out of which 6729 were A. stephensi.
(7) The incidence and the factors that influence twinning were studied in six villages of Dholka Taluka, a rural field training centre.
(8) Mosquito collections were made from the villages of Nadiad taluka, representing 3 different physiographic zones.
(9) A study on the bioenvironmental control of malaria was launched in 1983 in Nadiad taluka, Gujarat, with help of village communities.
(10) In all 241 school going children from the adjacent villages in Rajura taluka of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra were screened for dental fluorosis.
(11) Hospital sources told the media last week that 38 children died of malnutrition in the Mithi taluka hospital in December.