Sattur Taluk, 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, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Sattur Taluk
Northernmost taluk of Tinnevelly District, Madras, lying between 9 2' and 9 43' N. and 77 43' and 78 9' E., with an area of 560 square miles. The taluk is comparatively sparsely peopled, the total population in 1901 being 186,694, compared with 184,329 in 1891, or a little more than 330 persons per square mile. It contains three towns, VIRUDUPATTI (population, 16,837), SIVAKASI* (13,021), and SATTUR (7,870), the head-quaiters ; and 206 villages.
The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 2,68,000. The northern and eastern villages are chiefly black cotton soil, while the southern and south-western portions consist of red loam and sand. The only river is the Vaippar, which is not of much use for irrigation. Cotton is the staple product, but camlu is also largely grown. There is a good deal of careful cultivation of garden crops with well-irrigation, but the area of ' wet ' lands is small. The taluk includes a considerable number of zamindari and indm villages, none of which, however, is very large.
