Siddapur, 1908
Siddapur
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.
Siddapur
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.
South-easternmost taluka of North Kanara District, Bombay, lying between 14 12' and 14 31' N. and 74 40' and 75 r' E., with an area of 332 square miles. There are 197 villages, the head-quarters being at Siddapur. The population in 1901 was 41,342, compared with 42,751 in 1891. The density, 125 persons per square mile, exceeds the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 1-46 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 9,000. Sidda- pur is covered with hills in the west, which are thickly wooded towards the south but are bare in the north. The valleys among the western hills are generally planted with spice gardens. The centre of the tahtka is a series of low hills, crossed by rich valleys and many perennial streams. In the east the hills are few and the country stretches in wide fairly-wooded plains, in parts dotted with sugar-cane and rice- fields ; the extreme south-east is hilly and thickly wooded, mostly with evergreen forests containing timber of great girth and height. The small streams are of great value for garden irrigation. In the west the soil is red, and in the valleys a rich alluvial mould is found. Tn the east the soil is red in places, but is not rich. The chief products are rice, sugar-cane, Bengal gram, kulith> areca-nuts, pepper, carda- moms, betel-leaf, lemons, and oranges. Except in the west, where fever prevails during the later rains and the cold season, the tdluka is fairly healthy, and during the hot months the climate is agreeable. The annual rainfall averages 115 inches.
