Hindupur Taluk, 1908

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

Hindupur Taluk

Southern taluk of Anantapur District, Madras, lying between 13° 41' and 14° 8' N. and 77° 24' and 77° 55' E., with an area of 426 square miles. The population in 1901 was 92,088, compared with 80,486 in 1891. There are 74 villages and one town, Hindupur (population, 19,575), the head-quarters. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 1,92,000. On the east and through the centre run two lines of hills, north and south. Between them is a series of undulating uplands. Both the Penner and Chitravati rivers traverse the idliik in the same direction, but neither is much utilized for irrigation. Hindupur, however, receives more rain than its northern neighbours, has a better soil and a con- siderable number of rain-fed tanks ; it is consequently richer, less sparsely peopled, and increasing in population more rapidly than they are.