Shikarpur Taluk, 1908
Shikarpur Taluk
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 taluk of Shimoga District, Mysore, lying between 14 5' and 14 3 i' N. and 75 8' and 75 32' E., with an area of 429 square miles. The population in 1901 was 63,604, com- pared with 64,404 in 1891. The taluk contains two towns, SHIKARPUR (population, 5,007), the head-quarters, and SIRALKOPPA (2,270); and 202 villages. The land revenue demand in 1903-4 was Rs. 1,80,000, The taluk is crossed from south to north by the Choradi or Kumudvati, which forms the large Masur-Madag tank on the northern border. Lines of low hills on all sides, covered with jungle, give shelter to numerous tigers, leopards, and other wild animals. Malnad (* highland ') and Maidan ('lowland') here meet, so that the country partakes of the character of both. The Jambu hills run down the middle ; but the rest is gently undulating, the uncultivated parts being covered with scrub jungle, which in the south and west rises into forest. The best soil is in the north, on the banks of the Choradi. ' Dry cultivation ' is most successful in the east. Sugar-cane and rice, especially the former, are the chief crops. Jaggery and rice are the principal exports, the former being sent mostly to Dharwar, and the latter in various directions. Siralkoppa is the chief market for grain, and Shikarpur for cloth.
