Heggadadevankote
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, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Heggadadevankote
South-western taluk of Mysore District, Mysore State, lying between 11° 44' and 12° 12' N. and 76° 7' and 76° 31' E., with an area of 620 square miles. The population in 1901 was 61,416, compared with 61,226 in 1891. The taluk contains two towns, Sargur (population, 2,284) ^i^d Heggadadevankote (1,298), the head-quarters ; and 276 villages. The land revenue demand in 1903-4 was Rs. 69,000. The greater part is forest, especially in the west and south, which are bordered by Coorg and the Wynaad. In the Kakan- kote State forest are the principal elephant kheddas. The east is moun- tainous. The Kabbani flows with a tortuous course from south-west to north-east, where it is joined by the Nugu, which runs through the east. The latter has a dam, but the principal irrigation channel is from a dam on the Lakshmantlrtha in the Hunsur taluk. Red and dark-brown soils are general, and two crops of rdgi are often produced in the year. ' Wet ' cultivation is limited, partly owing to the unhealthi- ness of the irrigated tracts. This country was the ancient Punnata, mentioned as Pounnata by Ptolemy, who describes it as containing beryl.
