Srungavarappukota Tahsil
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.
Srungavarappukota Tahsil
Tahsil in Vizagapatam District, Madras, lying between 17° 54' and 18° 17' N. and 82° 55' and 83 degree 20' E., partly on and partly below the Eastern Ghats, with a total area of 438 square miles. The hill country in it is included in the Agency tract. The population in the ordinary portion is 137,724 and in the Agency tract 4,293, making a total of 142,017 (1901), compared with 133,343 in 1891. The tahsil contains one town, Srungavarappukota (population, 5,862), the head-quarters ; and 266 villages. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 was Rs. 17,200. The ordinary portion presents no features of interest. The small portion in the Agency tract is very hilly, rising to a height of 5,200 feet in Galikonda (Svindy hill'). At Anantagiri (about 2,800 feet) is a coffee plantation managed by the Vizianagram estate, and a bungalow. The hills are as a rule well wooded, the lower slopes being ' reserved ' by the Vizianagram estate, but the higher ranges are usually open rolling savannahs covered with long 'bison grass.' Between Cialikonda and Anantagiri lies Harris Valley, the seene of an attempt made about fifty years ago to establish a sanitarium for the troops stationed in the District, which was rendered a failure by malarial fever, as the site of the camp was badly chosen. Had the men been stationed 1000 feet higher up the hill the experimcnt might have proved successful.
