Tiruppattur Town
Tiruppattur Town, 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.
Head-quarters of the subdivision and taluk of the same name in Salem District, Madras, situated in 12° 29' N. and 78° 34' E., 137 miles from Madras by the south-west line of the Madras Railway. Population (1901), 18,689, of whom more than a third are Muhammadans. The town has always been a favourite station, and was the original P>ritish capital of the District, Colonel Read, the first Collector, having made it his head-quarters in 1792. It was constituted a municipality in 1886. The municipal receipts and expenditure during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 25,000 and Rs. 24,700 respectively. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 56,000, and the expenditure Rs. 44,000; of the former Rs. 31,000 was con- tributed by Government, and the rest was principally derived from the house and land taxes and from tolls.
