Calicut Taluk

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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.

Calicut Taluk

Coast subdivision and taluk in the centre of Mala- bar District, Madras, lying between 11° 10' and 11° iz' N. and 75° 45' and 76° 9' E., with an area of 379 square miles. It contains 74 amsanis, or parishes. The population increased from 237,682 in 1891 to 255,612 in 1 90 1. The land revenue demand amounted in 1903-4 to Rs. 2,20,000. The tdliik contains the municipality of Calicut (population, 76,981), the head-quarters of the District, and the seaport of Beypore. The ConoUy Canal, about 3 miles long, connects the. Korapula and Kallayi rivers. On the east the tdluk is bounded by the plateau of the Wynaad, the chief road to which runs through it. The whole is covered with pictur- esque undulations, well wooded and interspersed with rice-fields.