Kunigal

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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.

Kunigal

South-eastern taluk of Tumkur District, Mysore, lying between 12° 45' and 13° 8' N. and 76° 50' and 77** 10' E., with an area of 382 square miles. The population in 1901 was 77,861, compared with 66,502 in 1891. The tdliik contains two towns, Kunigal (popula- tion, 1,802), the head-quarters, and Huliyurdurga (1,746); and 315 villages. The land revenue demand in 1903-4 was Rs. 1,32,000. The Shimsha flows along the western and part of the southern border, receiving the Nagani from the large tank at Kunigal. The south-east is occupied by the great hill range running north up to Maddagiri. Round Huliyurdurga (3,086 feet), and from there to Hutridurga (3.713 feet) and Kunigal, the country is very hilly and jungly, with rocky and barren ground. In the north and west the soil is fertile and well cultivated. The old name, in the ninth century, under the Rashtrakutas, was Kuningil.