Madakasira 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.

Madakasira Taluk

South-western taluk of Anantapur District, Madras, lying between 13° 44' and 14° 12' N. and 76° 49' and 77° 26' E., with an area of 443 square miles. The population in 1901 was 81,457, compared with 67,993 in 1891. There are 54 villages and one town, Madakasira (population, ro,666), the head-quarters, a place of some historical importance. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 1,48,000.

In the centre it is hilly and rocky, the two highest peaks being Madakasira and Ratnagiri, both of which were strongly fortified in days gone by. The ea.stern part resembles the adjoining portions of the valley of the Penner. The western side, however, is more level and more fertile, and is dotted with woods, groves, and tanks.

It is perhaps the most favoured by nature of any portion of the District — standing at a higher elevation, receiving an ampler rainfall, possessing thicker vegetation, having a soil of superior fertility, and maintaining a higher rate of increase in its population. Its natural advantages have led to the taluk as a whole being described, somewhat poetically, as the garden of the District.