Hiriyur

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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.

Hiriyur

South-eastern tahtk of Chitaldroog District, Mysore, lying between 13° 41' and 14° 12' N. and 76" 26' and 76° 57' E., with an area of 635 square miles. The population in 1901 was 66,290, compared with 45,974 in 1891. After the reconstruction of the taluk in 1903 the population was 48,464. The tlluk contains one town, Hiriyur (popula- tion, 2,213), ^^ head-quarters; and 152 villages. The land revenue demand in 1903-4 was Rs. 57,000. The south-west is crossed by parallel ranges of low rocky hills. Thrf)Ugh a gorge called the Mari Kanave in these hills the Vedavati flows north-east across the centre of the taluk to some distance beyond Hiriyur, where it receives a con- siderable stream from the south, and turns north. The south-west is peculiarly barren in appearance, being covered with masses of hills, scantily clothed with jungle and generally capped with black rock. No gardens or tanks relieve the harshness of the landscape. Everywhere stones cover the ground, even in the fields. These hills are included in the auriferous Chiknayakanhalli band. In the north-west, Ay- niangala is a flat and stony country, but contains much black soil.

The rest of the taluk is separated by an abrupt and decided line, nearly identical with the Hiriyur-Bangalore high road, north of which is black soil; and south of it red, but stony and broken. Jola and cotton are the principal products of the black soil, rap and avare of the red. Iron is smelted at Arsingundi, Chikka Byaladakere, and other villages, there being a large manufacture of shoes for bullocks and horses at the latter. At Mattod are glass-works, formerly very extensive, occupied in making glass bangles for women.