Bowringpet
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Bowringpet
South-eastern taluk of Kolar District, Mysore, lying between 12° 46' and 13° 5' N. and 78° 6' and 78° 29' E., with an area of 337 square miles. The population in 1901 was 128,193, compared with 71,042 in 1891. The tdluk contains two towns, Kolar Gold Fields (population 38,204), and Bowringpet (2,893), the head-quarters ; and 409 villages. The land revenue demand in 1903-4 was Rs. 1,38,000. The Palar river runs through the east, forming the large Betmangala and Ramasagara tanks. The west is crossed from north to south by the low flat hills of the Kolar auriferous band, west of which is a stream running south to the Ponnaiyar. The southern border abuts upon the Eastern Ghats, and is rugged and jungly. The entire aspect of the region has been changed, especially since 1885, by the success of the gold-mines, and what was a desolate waste has become a great industrial centre.
