Sembiem

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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.

Sembiem

Town in the Saidapet taluk of Chingleput District, Madras, situated in 13 7' N. and 80 16' E. Population (1901), 17,567. It lies near the Perambur railway station of the Madras Railway and just beyond the limits of the Madras municipality, and within it are the Perambur railway workshops, which employ 4>5 00 hands. It is consequently almost a suburb of Madras, and being a healthy locality, with good water, is growing rapidly in population. There is a considerable Eurasian community in the place. It contains ten small paper-making establishments, which give employment to about a dozen hands apiece.