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''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. ''

=Badvel Taluk, 1908=

North-eastern taluk of Cuddapah District, Madras,
lying between 14 37' and 15 14' N. and 78 45' and 79 n' E., with
an area of 755 square miles. The population in 1901 was 88,361,
compared with 93,152 in 1891, the decrease being greater than in any
other taluk in the District. The density is 118 persons per square
mile, compared with the District average of 148. It contains two
towns, Badvel (population, 10,883), tne head-quarters, and Poruma-
milla (5,522); and in villages. The demand for land revenue and
cesses amounted in 1903-4 to Rs. 1,70,000. The annual rainfall is
exactly equal to the District average of 28 inches. More than one-
third consists of ' reserved ' forests, the best being on the spurs of the
Nallamalais which run down into the north-western portion of it.

The chief product is indigo. The taluk suffers from deficient water-
supply ; it possesses two of the finest tanks in the District — at Badvcl
and Porumamilla — but has only one river, the Sagileru. The Sagileru
irrigation project, which was completed in 1898-9, consists of a. dam
across the river and a channel 10 miles long supplying a chain of tanks.
It has proved successful, as all the land suitable for cultivation and
commanded by it has been readily taken up.

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