Tenali 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.
Tenali Taluk
Subdivision and taluk of Guntur District, Madras, formerly known as Repalle. It lies on the right bank of the Kistna, and extends between 15 degree 45' and 16° 26' N. and 80° 31' and 80° 54' E., from the sea to within a few miles of the Sitanagaram and Mangalagiri hills, with an area of 644 square miles. The population in 1901 was 288,127, compared with 222,757 in 1891. Tenali, on the East Coast Railway, the head-quarters, is a Union of 10,204 inhabitants ; and there are 150 villages. The demand on account of land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 15,73,000. With the exception of a slight sandstone ridge at Kolakalur, the taluk is wholly composed of river alluvium, and in fact lies below flood-level and needs to be protected by embankments. Almost the whole is irrigated by channels from the Kistna river, and it is the richest taluk in the Presidenc}-. Except along the canals and the few roads, travelling is difficult in dry weather, and quite impossible throughout the greater part of it during the monsoons.
