Ramallakota
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.
Ramallakota
(literally, 'diamond fort'). Taluk of Kurnool Dis- trict, Madras, lying between 15 18' and 15 55' N. and 77 36' and 78 io r E. 3 with an area of 846 square miles, The population in 1901 was 142,855, compared with 124,971 in 1891, Musalmans are more numerous than in any other taluk of the District ; half of them are residents of Kurnool town. The density is 169 persons per squaie mile, compared with the District average of 115. It contains one town, KURNOOL (a municipality with a population of 25,376, the head- quarters of the taluk and District), and 106 villages (inclusive of 7 c whole inams*\ The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to "Rs. 2,66,000 On the north the Tungabhadra forms the boundary, separating it from the Nizam's Dominions.
The only other nver is the Hindri, which, with its tributaries the Dhone Vagu and Hukn, drains the whole taluk and ultimately falls into the Tungabhadra at Kurnool. The KURNOOL-CUDDAPAH CANAL takes off from the Tungabhadra at Sunkesula in this taluk and is led along the northern portion of it, irrigating about 3,300 acres. The annual rainfall averages 28 inches, about three-fourths of which is received during the south- west monsoon. Most of the taluk is covered with black cotton soil, It contains 65 square miles of 'reserved' forests, almost the whole of which is on the Erramalas.
