Tiptur
Tiptur, 1908
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.
South-western taluk of Tumkur District, Mysore, contain- ing the Turuvekere sub -taluk, and lying between 13° o' and 13° 26' N. and 76° 21' and 76° 51' E., with an area of 508 square miles. The population in 1901 was 90,709, compared with 78,867 in 1891. The taluk contains four towns, Tiptur (population, 3,560), the head-quarters, Turuvekere (2,333), Honnavalli (2,247), and Nonavinkere (1,585); and 391 villages. The land revenue demand in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,00,000. The taluk drains to the Shimsha, running along the eastern border, and is generally undulating. In the extreme north and west are rocky hills, spurs of the Hirekal group. On the south-east lie hills yielding fine black hornblende, which has been much quarried for pillars of temples, &c. The soil is mostly gravelly, but reddish and mixed with sand in the centre and south. Coco-nut palms are extensively culti- vated, both with and without irrigation. The coco-nuts of Honnavalli are specially noted for their flavour.
