Nandikotkur
Nandikotkur, 1908
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.
Northern subdivision and taluk of Kurnool District, Madras, lying between 15° 39' and 16° 15' N. and 78° 4' and 79° 14' E, with an area of 1,358 square miles. The population in 1901 was 104,167, compared with 88,560 in 1891 ; the density is only 77 persons per square mile, compared with the District average of 115. It contains 102 villages, 6 of which are indm. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903 4 amounted to Rs. 2,97,000. It is the largest tdhik in the District, but more than half of it is covered by the Nallamalais and other ' reserved ' forests. The Tungabhadra for a few miles, and the Kistna throughout its course in the District, bound it on the west and north, separating it from the Nizam's Dominions. The only other river of importance is the Bavanasi, which drains the eastern part and flows into the Kistna at Sangameswaram, a place of pilgrimage for Hindus. The Kurnool-Cuddapah Canal passes through it for 69 miles, irrigating 36 villages. The total extent watered in 1903-4 was 9,300 acres. Half of the arable area is black cotton soil, 37 per cent, black loam, and the remaining 13 per cent, red earth. The taluk contains the largest forest area in the District (709 square miles), almost the whole of which lies on the Nallamalais. The annual rainfall is about 29 inches, a little above the District average. The climate is unhealthy, the people suffering very much from fever and enlarged spleen.
