Salem 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.

Salem Taluk

Central taluk of Salem District, Madras, lying between n 23' and n 59' N, and 77 46' and 78 29' E, with an area of 1,071 square miles. The greater part is composed of a series of valleys from 5 to 12 miles wide shut in by lofty ranges of hills, the chief being the SHEVAROYS, on which stands the sanitarium of YER- CAUD, the Toppur hills, and the Tenandamalai on the north, which separate the taluk from the B ARAM A HAL. The chief river is the Tiru- manimuttar, which rises in the Shevaroys and flows through the city of Salem to Tiruchengodu and on to Namakkal, where it enters the Cauvery. But the mainstay of irrigation is the wells sunk by the ryots themselves, which are more numeious here than in any other portion of the District. The taluk had a population of 470,181 in 1901, as compared with 417,379 in 1891.

It contains 476 villages and two towns SALEM CITY (population, 70.621), the head-quarters of the District and taluk, and RASIPUR (11,512), the head-quarters of a deputy-/aArI/4?dr, The taluk is rich in minerals, containing the famous iron deposits of Kanjamalai and the magnesite of the CHALK HILLS, The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 6,41,000.