Kurumbranad
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.
Kurumbranad
Coast taluk in Malabar District, Madras, lying between 11° 21' and 11° 48' N. and 75° 32' and 75° 59' E., with an area of 505 square miles. It contains 104 a?)isams, or parishes. The population increased from 304,077 in 1891 to 327,310 in 1901. The land revenue demand in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 3,94,000. The head- quarters are at Badagara (population, 11,319), the only other place of any importance being Quilandi.
The Korapula river forms a portion of the boundary between the Kurumbranad and Calicut taluks. On the east the taluk is bounded by the plateau of the Wynaad, and the line of hills which marks the edge of this forms a picturesque back- ground to the beautiful scenery in which the country abounds. The soil on the east is generally red and lateritic ; in the interior it becomes a rich loam, which is sometimes cultivated with rice ; while towards the coast it is a loose brown earth of inferior fertility.
