Mudgere
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.
Mudgere
Southern taluk of Kadur District, Mysore, lying between 12° 55' and 13° 19' N. and 75° 10 and 75° 45' E., with an area of 435 square miles. The population in 1901 was 46,212, compared with 45,521 in 1 89 1. The taluk contains one town, Mudgere (population, 1,675), the head-quarters ; and 137 villages. The land revenue demand in 1903-4 was Rs. 1,23,000. Till 1876 Mudgere formed part of Manjarabad. Like that taluk, it lies in the Malnad, and is highly picturesque. The Western Ghats bound it on the west, towering up to the great peak of Kudremukh (6,215 ^^et). The Bhadra flows across the north, and the Hemavati through the south. The summits of the mountains are bare, but the hanging woods on their sides impart great beauty to the landscape. The annual rainfall averages 103 inches.
The chief products are coffee, areca-nuts, cardamoms, rice, and a little sugar-cane. The rice crop mainly depends on springs in the hills from which watercourses are led. Many of the coffee estates are under European management, the labourers being Tulus from South Kanara. 'J'he Bund (or coffee) ghat road runs from Mudgere west, down to Mangalore on the coast.
