Tindivanam Taluk

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Tindivanam Taluk, 1908

North-eastern taluk of South Arcot District, Madras, lying between 12° 2' and 12° 29' N. and 79° 13' and 80° E., on the shore of the Bay of Bengal, with an area of 816 square miles. The population rose from 316,018 in 1891 to 338,973 in 1901. It contains 473 villages and one town, Tindivanam (population, 11,373), the head-quarters of the subdivision and of the taluk. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 7,78,000. l"he tdiuk ranks third in point of area in the District, and is the only one which has no direct irrigation from channels. It is a level plain, standing at a rather higher level than the rest of the District and draining south-eastwards. On the western border are the picturesque hills surrounding Gingee, but along the coast much of the land is low- lying and swampy.

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.