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=Nandikotkur, 1908=
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This article has been extracted from <br/>

THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>

OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
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''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 subdivision and taluk of Kurnool District, 
Madras, lying between 15° 39' and 16° 15' N. and 78° 4' and 79° 14' 
E, with an area of 1,358 square miles. The population in 1901 was 
104,167, compared with 88,560 in 1891 ; the density is only 77 
persons per square mile, compared with the District average of 115. 
It contains 102 villages, 6 of which are indm. The demand for land 
revenue and cesses in 1903 4 amounted to Rs. 2,97,000. It is the 
largest tdhik in the District, but more than half of it is covered by the 
Nallamalais and other ' reserved ' forests. The Tungabhadra for a few 
miles, and the Kistna throughout its course in the District, bound it on 
the west and north, separating it from the Nizam's Dominions. The 
only other river of importance is the Bavanasi, which drains the 
eastern part and flows into the Kistna at Sangameswaram, a place 
of pilgrimage for Hindus. The Kurnool-Cuddapah Canal passes 
through it for 69 miles, irrigating 36 villages. The total extent 
watered in 1903-4 was 9,300 acres. Half of the arable area is black 
cotton soil, 37 per cent, black loam, and the remaining 13 per cent, 
red earth. The taluk contains the largest forest area in the District 
(709 square miles), almost the whole of which lies on the Nallamalais. 
The annual rainfall is about 29 inches, a little above the District 
average. The climate is unhealthy, the people suffering very much 
from fever and enlarged spleen.