Holalkere

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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.

Holalkere

South-western taluk of Chitaldroog District, Mysore (which included Hosdurga as a ^wh-taluk up to 1902), lying between 13° 52' and 14° 15' N. and 76° 2' and 76° 25' E., with an area of 405 square miles. The population in 1901 was 81,204, compared with 67,051 in 1 89 1. After the reconstruction of the taluk in 1903 the population was 44,848. The taluk now contains one town, Holalkere (population, 3,418), the head-quarters; and 180 villages. The land revenue demand in 1903-4 was Rs. 87,000. To the east and north are chains of hills included in the Chiknayakanhalli auriferous band. There is also a group in the west, covered with low jungle. The rest of the taluk is comparatively flat, with red soil, though black soil is found in the south-west. There is good grazing towards the centre. The drainage is mostly north-west to the Sulekere tank.