Perambalur
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.
Perambalur
Northern taluk of Trichinopoly District, Madras, lying between 10 55' and 11 32' N. and 78 40' and 79 10' E., to the south of the Vellar river, with an area of 674 square miles. The head-quarters are at the village of the same name. The population in 1901 was 204,257, compared with 195,006 in 1891. The number of villages is 128. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 4,01,000. The general aspect of the taluk is flat, except in the north-west, where the Pachaimalais, which separate it from Musiri, run for a short distance into it. From these hills, up to and along the banks of the Vellar, stretches a continuous plain of black cotton soil in which are large tracts of stiff black clay. In the southern portion the country is rocky, and the soil as a rule poor. Channels from the Vellar and its two affluents the Kallar and Chinnar irrigate a part of the taluk but otherwise the irrigated crops depend upon tanks and wells. The annual rainfall is usually the highest in the District, averaging 39 inches. The area still available for cultivation is large, being nearly two-fifths of the total unoccupied area in the District.
