Madanapalle 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.

Madanapalle Taluk

South-western taluk of Cuddapah District, Madras, lying between 13° 27' and 14° i' N. and 78° 5' and 78° 45' E., with an area of 837 square miles. The population in 1901 was 136,977, compared with 127,352 in 1891 ; and the density was 164 persons per square mile, the District average being 148. It contains one town, Madanapalle (population, 14,084), the head- quarters of the taluk and of the subdivision of that name ; and 99 villages. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 2,48,000. The annual rainfall is 28 inches, the same as the District average. There are two rivers in the taluk, the Papaghni and the Bahudanadl. The former has some supply for the greater part of the year, but the latter is full only during the monsoons.

The principal crops are rice, ragi, cholam, wheat, and sugar-cane. The taluk is very hilly, except in its north-western portion, where it runs up to meet the Mysore plateau. The hills are composed of great bare bosses and boulders of granite, which have weathered into every shade of brown, purple, and gold ; and in the cultivation season the contrast between their colouring and the green crops below is extremely beautiful. The soil is for the most part good in the valleys, into which the rains have washed down the earth from the hills, but poor elsewhere. The taluk is rich in natural springs, which appear after every shower of rain. Its climate is the pleasantest in the District, as the country stands at a comparatively high elevation, but it is not free from fever. The irrigation is chiefly from tanks, the principal of which are at Peddatippasamudram, Vyasasamudram, Rangasamudram, Badikayalipalle, and Chinnatippasamudram,