Samalkot

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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.

Samalkot

(Chamarlakota). Town in the Cocanada taluk of Go- davari District, Madras, situated in 17 3' N, and 82 10' E., 7 miles north of Cocanada, on the main line of the East Coast Railway, 391 miles from Madras city, and on the Samalkot canal. Samalkot is a rapidly growing town in the Pithapuram estate. The population in 1901 was 16,015, compared with 4,961 in 1881. A sugar refinery and distillery, employing 520 hands daily, was opened here in 1899. A Government experimental agricultural farm has also been started. Samalkot was formerly a military station, but was abandoned in 1869. Troops were again stationed here from 1879 to 1893.