Purushottapur
Purushottapur, 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.
Zamindari tahsil in the north of Ganjam District, Madras, consisting of the ATAGADA ESTATE, and lying between 19° 30' and 19° 52' N. and 84° 43' and 85° 2' E., with an area of 294 square miles. It is bounded on the east by the Kallikota estate and on the west by the Goomsur taluk. The population in 1901 was 102,396, compared with 96,529 in 1891. They live in 270 villages. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 was Rs. 83,800. The deputy-tahsildar in charge resides outside the estate at Puru- skottapur, in the adjoining taluk of Berhampur. Owing to its situation close to the hills in the north, Atagada is perhaps the most favoured area in the District for irrigation. Three streams the Bhaguva, the Jagati, and the Donnai take their rise in these hills and traverse almost the whole of the estate ; and as the land slopes gradually, it lends itself adinirably to the utilization of their water.
