Sankaranayinarkovii 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, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Sankaranayinarkovii Taluk

Taluk in Tinnevelly District, Madras, lying between 8 55' and 9 25' N. and 77 14' and 77 52' E., at the foot of the Western Ghats, with an area of 717 square miles. The population in 1901 was 232,980, compared with 213,799 in 1891] the density is 325 persons per square mile. It contains two towns, SIVAGIRI (population, 18,150) and SANKARANAYINARKOVIL ( r 6,775), the head-quarters; and 123 villages. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 3,02,000. There are a considerable number of zamindaris in the taluk, the largest of which is the SIVAGIRI ESTATE. It contains soils of both the red and black classes, and depends for its cultivation chiefly on the north-east monsoon, the rainfall during the earlier or south-west monsoon being trifling and uncertain.