Srivilliputtur Taluk
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.
Srivilliputtur Taluk
North-western taluk of Tinnevelly District, Madras, lying between 9° 17' and 9° 42' N. and 77° 20' and 77 degree 51' E., with an area of 585 square miles. The population in 1901 was 205,745, compared with 190,517 in 1891, or a little more than 350 persons per square mile. The taluk contains four towns, Srivil- LIPUTTUR (population, 26,382), the head-quarters, Rajapalaiyam (25,360), Settur (14,328), and Varttirayiruppu (13,131); and 94 villages. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 4, 11,000. The soils in rather more than half, including the villages lying to the west, belong to the red clay or loam and sand series, while the easterly villages form a portion of the cotton soil plain. The country to the west undulates considerably, owing to the numerous streams which descend from the Western Ghats and supply a large number of tanks.
