Suriapet

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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, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Suriapet

Taluk in Nalgonda District, Hyderabad State, with an area of 687 square miles. Including jagirs, its population in 1901 was 175,436, compared with 148,103 in 1891. The taluk contains 192 villages, of which 10 are Jagir : and Suriapet (population, 4,418) is the head-quarters. The land revenue in 1901 was 3.1 lakhs. Rice is extensively raised by irrigation from tanks, wells, and channels. In 1905, 15 villages from Suriapet were transferred to the new taluk of Pochamcherla.