Geography
Baroda State covered a total area of 8,176 square miles and consisted of four scattered, non-contiguous divisions, three of which were intermingled with British Indian and princely territories, while the fourth lay in the Kathiawar peninsula.
Map of Baroda State with Divisions, 1909.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of India
Kadi Division, later known as Mehsana Division, was situated in northern Gujarat and covered 3,105 square miles. It was bounded on the north by Palanpur and Radhanpur, on the west by Mahi Kantha District, Radhanpur and Ahmedabad District, on the south by Ahmedabad and Kaira districts, and on the east by the state of Idar, the Mahi Kantha Agency and Ahmedabad District. This division comprised the talukas of Patan, Sidhpur, Kheralu, Chanasma, Visnagar, Mehsana, Vijapur, Kadi, Kalol, Dehgam, Harij and Antarsuba.
Baroda Division had an area of 1,887 square miles and was bounded on the north by Kaira District, on the west by Broach and part of Kaira District and Cambay, on the south by Broach District, the Narmada River and the State of Rajpipla, and on the east by the Rewa Kantha Agency and the Panch Mahals. It included the talukas of Petlad, Savli, Waghodia, Vadodara, Padra, Dabhoi, Sankheda, Sinor, Chandod, Karjan, Bhadran and Tilakwada.
Navsari Division, with an area of 1,952 square miles, was bounded on the north by Broach District and the State of Rajpipla, on the south by Bansda, the Dangs and Surat District, on the east by Khandesh District and on the west by Surat District. It was composed of the talukas of Mangrol, Kamrej, Songadh, Vyara, Mahuva, Palsana, Navsari and Gandevi.
Amreli Division lay in Kathiawar and consisted of 17 detached tracts generally situated in and around the states of Junagadh, Jetpur and Nawanagar. It included Okhamandal and the talukas of Amreli, Dhari, Khambha, Kodinar, Damnagar, Bhimkatta and Shianagar, with a total area of 1,245 square miles. In May 1920, the Okhamandal subdivision was separated from Amreli Division and placed directly under the central administration of the state.