Ayyampettai

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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.

Ayyampettai

Town in the District and taluk of Tanjore, Madras, situated in io° 54' N. and 79 12' E., n miles north-east of Tanjore city, with a station on the main line of the South Indian Railway. Population (1901), 9,454. It is one of the chief seats of weaving in the District. Silk cloths, carpets of cotton, wool, and silk, and mats made of rushes are largely manufactured, and block-printing of chintz is carried on to a small extent. There is a particular variety of cloth called kutti(?ii for which Ayyampettai is famous. The number of weavers is, however, very small now as compared with former days.