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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''

=Tanjore Taluk=

Western taluk and subdivision of Tanjore
District, Madras, lying between 10° 26' and 10° 55' N. and 78° 47' and
79° 22' E., with an area of 689 square miles. The population in 1901
was 407,039, compared with 410,447 in 1891. There are 362 villages
and four considerable towns: Tanjore City (population, 57,870), the
head-quarters of both the District and the taluk ; the sacred town of
Tiruvadi (7,821); Vallam, where the Collector resides (7,590); and
Avyampettai (9,454), famous for its carpets and mats. The demand
for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 10,16,000.
The taluk differs from others in the District in the large number of the
thief-caste Kalians it contains. It is divisible into two well-marked
sections, the first including much of the apex of the Cauvery delta,
and the second running up in the south and west to dry uplands
resembling those of the Pattukkottai taluk. These two tracts are
sharply contrasted, and the tdluk contains some of the best land in the
District and also large tracts of the worst. There is more ' dry ' land
than irrigated, and 47 per cent, of the former is assessed at R. I an
acre or less. Rice is more widely grown even here than any other
crop ; but a large area is under cambu, ragi, ground-nuts, and red gram,
the last of which is an unusual grain in this District.

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