Bandar Taluk, 1908

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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.

Bandar Taluk

Taluk of Kistna District, Madras, lying between 1 5 45' and 16 26' N. and 8o° 48' and 8i° n' E. Area, 740 square miles; population (1901), 214,316, compared with 198,384 in 1891 ; demand on account of land revenue and cesses (1903-4), Rs. 6,45,000. The name is derived from bandar = ' port,' the popular appellation of Masulipatam (population, 39,507), the capital of the District and head-quarters of the taluk.

The taluk also contains 191 villages. It extends from the Kistna embouchure (including the fertile island of Divi) past Masulipatam along the coast to the north. Much of this country is uncultivated, probably because of the injury done to the soil by the inundation of the sea in 1864, and consists of sandy wastes interspersed with swamps. The climate is the most equable in the District, the great heat of the summer months being tempered by sea-breezes.