Kavali Taluk, 1908

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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.

Kavali Taluk

Taluk of Nellore District, Madras, lying between 14 degree 40' and 15 degree 4' N. and 79 degree 36' and 8o° f E., and bounded on the east by the Bay of Bengal. Its area is 548 square miles, about one- third of which is shrotriem and zamlndari. The population in 1901 was 87,015, compared with 83,109 in 1891. It contains 77 villages, besides the head-quarters, Kavali (population, 8,635). The demand on account of land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 2,41,000. The taluk is generally flat, but contains a few isolated hills, while to the west and north-west are extensive low jungles, in parts very dense. The soil is poor, and large beds of laterite are frequently met with. The taluk is drained by the Upputeru (an affluent of the Manneru), the Gundalavagu, Ubbalivagu, and Pillivagu. There are 35 tanks under the charge of the department of Public Works, and 31 minor irrigation works. With a few exceptions these are rain-fed, and the supply is therefore not very certain. Irrigation from the Sangam dam across the Penner has been extended to two villages. ' Wet ' cultivation is most common in the eastern portion. The con- sumption of rice has much increased of late years. Along the sea-coast large tracts have been planted with palmyra palms and casuarina.