Tiruvur Tahsil

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Tiruvur Tahsil, 1908

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.

Zamindari tahsil in Kistna District, Madras, lying between 16° 50' and 17° 9' N. and 80° 32' and 80° 52' E., with an area of 338 square miles. The population in 1901 was 69,219, compared with 61,118 in 1891. Besides Tiruvur, the head-quarters, there are 88 villages. The demand on account of land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 36,000. The tahsil is an inac- cessible part of the District, and means of communication are few. The whole of it is composed of zamindari estates. The cultivation is mainly ' dry,' a little irrigation being afforded by a few small tanks.