Tiruppattur Taluk, 1908
Tiruppattur Taluk, 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.
Taluk of Salem District, Madras, lying be- tween 12° 17' and 12° 47 N. and 78° 24' and 79° 2' E., with an area of 539 square miles. The lower portion is composed of four valleys of varying size. The largest of the four is the bare southern stretch of country through which the Pambar glides. This is in striking contrast to the second, the rich valley of the Palar, thickly wooded with coco- nut groves with here and there a patch of corn-fields. Quite different features are presented by the other two valleys : the rugged Vellakuttai hollow, lying between the triangular-shaped Yelagiri and the hog-backed Nekkananamalai ; and the fertile Alangayam basin, bounded on the west by the Yelagiri and on the east by the picturesque Javadis. This last is the fairest of all the valleys in the District, and its beauty and luxuriance won the special affection of Munro when he served in Salem. The population in 1901 was 205,986, compared with 188,825 in 1891. There are 323 villages, and two towns of commercial importance : namely, Tiruppattur (population, 18,689), the head-quarters of the subdivision and taluk, and Vaniyambadi (12,005), the station of a deputy-tahsildar. These two towns include a large Muhammadan community, and the taluk contains the largest number of the followers of that faith in the District. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,00,000.
