Nanjangud Taluk, 1908

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Nanjangud Taluk, 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.

Central taluk of Mysore District, Mysore State, lying between 11° 51' and 12° 14' N. and 76° 27' and 76° 56' E., with an area of 384 square miles. The population in 1901 was 108,173, compared with 97,374 in 1891. The taluk contains two towns, Nanjangud (population, 5,991), the head-quarters, and Kalale (2,500) ; and 206 villages. The land revenue demand in 1903-4 was Rs. 1,71,000. The Kabbani flows through the north of the taluk from west to east, receiving from the south the Nugu and the Gundal. Jola is much grown, (lold-mining was commenced at Wolagere, south- west of Nanjangud, but lias been stopped on account of the poor prospects. In the north-west are quarries of potstone intermixed with schistose mica.