Karaikkudi

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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.

Karaikkudi

Town in the Tiruppattur tahsil of the Sivaganga estate, Madura District, Madras, situated in to 4' N. and 78 degree 47' E. The population has rapidly increased, and numbered 11,801 in 1901, compared with 6,579 in 1891. The town is chiefly noted as one of the centres of the Nattukottai Chettis, an enterprising class of merchants and money-lenders ; and the many handsome residences which these people have constructed within it have added greatly to its appearance.