Pottangi

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Pottangi, 1908

Zamindari tahsil in the Agency tract of Vizagapatam District, Madras. It is situated on both slopes of the Eastern Ghats, and so is hilly in character and for the most part covered with jungle, though a great quantity of this has been destroyed. The main road to the Jeypore estate from the low country passes through it. Area, 625 square miles; population (1901), 73,013 (chiefly hill tribes), compared with 77,641 in 1891 ; number of villages, 920. The head-quarters are at Pottangi. The tahsil is entirely zaminddri land, belonging to the Jeypore and Pachipenta estates.

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.