Nanjarajpatna
Nanjarajpatna, 1908
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.
Northern taluk of Coorg, Southern India, lying between 12° 21' and 12° 51' N. and 75° 41' and 76° 5' E., with an area of 355 square miles. The population fell from 43)395 in 1891 to 42,720 in 1901. The taluk contains three towns — Somvarpet (popu- lation, 1,745), the head-quarters, Fraserpet (1,600), and Kodlipet (889) — and 280 villages. It is very hilly in the west, having steep declivi- ties from Pushpagiri, and a high ridge runs north and south through Yelusavirashlme. The Cauvery forms a great part of the eastern boundary, and receives most of the waters of the taluk by means of the Hatti or Harangi, which flows into it near Ramaswami Kanave. The extreme northern boundary towards the east is formed by the Hemavati, and farther south, towards the west, by the Kumaradhari. This part of the country lies outside Coorg proper, and there are no Coorgs in the north except a few otiicials. The north-west is occupied by Yedavanad Coorgs, who wear the Coorg dress and are jama ryots, but are by origin Wokkaligas of Kanara and Manjarabad, and not so wealthy as the Coorgs. The rice-fields in Yedavanad which have a good water-supply yield two crops in the year. The wild sago-palm is carefully tended for the sake of the toddy drawn from it, and for the farinaceous substance obtained from the pith, which is prepared for food by the poorer classes. The inhabitants of the Kanave hoblis to the east are identical with the neighbouring Mysore ryots, and cultivate ' dry grains,' such as rdgi, horse-gram, beans, &c. The sandal-tree grows abundantly in this taluk.
