Tirutturaippundi Taluk, 1908
Tirutturaippundi 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.
Coast taluk in the south-east of Tanjore District, Madras, lying between 10° 16 degree and 10° 40' N. and 79° 28' and 79° 52' E., with an area of 485 square miles. The population in 1901 was 182,981, compared with 179,485 in 1891. The taluk contains 143 villages, besides three towns : Tirutturaippundi (popu- lation, 5,400), the head-quarters ; Vedaranniyam (14,138), at the north-eastern end of the great salt swamp of that name, containing a large salt factory. It is connected with Negapatam by the Veda- ranniyam Canal. About 10 miles south of it is Point Calimere. Muttupet (population, 9,099), to the .south-west on the Koraiyar river, has all the advantages of a port, although it stands about 6^ miles from the mouth of the river. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 5,09,000. Part of the taluk is in the Cauvery delta, but it contains no alluvial soil and the land is generally of an inferior kind. Half of the ' dry ' fields are assessed at Rs. 1.4 an acre or less, and the taluk is a poor tract compared with most of the others in this District. Education is also backward and the population is sparse. Tobacco and coco-nuts are largely grown, and the latter, and also rice, are exported in considerable quantities.
