Tenkasi Taluk

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

Tenkasi Taluk

Taluk in Tinnevelly District, Madras, lying be- tween 8° 49' and 9° 9' N. and 77° 13' and 77° 38' E., at the foot of the Western Ghats, with an area of 374 square miles. The popula- tion in 1901 was 174,430, compared with 154,940 in 1891, the density being 466 persons per square mile. It contains three towns, Tenkasi (population, 18,128), the head-quarters, Kadaiyanallur (13,939), and SuRANDAi (11,810) ; and 92 villages. In physical features it resembles on a smaller scale the neighbouring taluk of Ambasamudram. It is well watered by the Chittar, and the affluents of this river are crossed by numerous anicuts, or dams, feeding irrigation channels and tanks. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 2,87,000.