CHAPTER XV.
GAZETTEER.
Karur Taluk — indippatti — Aravakkurichi— Chinna Dharapuram— Karnr— Nertir — Pallapatti— Panchamad^vi— Pugalur— PuiiTiara— Tdnd6ni — Uppidamangalam — Venjaman Gudahir — Vennamalai— Vettaimangalam. Kdlittalai Taluk — i.ndavar-k6vil — Aniyapp6r — Chintalavadi — Devarmalai— Kadavur — Kallai — Karuppattur — Kulittalai — Kuppanarpatti — .Afadukkarai — Mahadanapuram — Manappdrai— MaTungapivri — NaTigavaram— Pappakkalpatti — Pillur — Eatiia- giri. MusiEi Taluk — Kannamn- — Kattuputtfir — Konasegaram — Musiri — Omandtir— Settikulam — Srinivasanalliir — Tininarayanapuram — Tiruppangili — 'I'iruppattur— Tiruttalaynr — Tiruvengimalai — Tdttiyam— Turaiyiir. Ni- MAKKAL Taluk— Kapilamalai — Mohanur— Morupatti— Nainamalai— Is'amakkal — Nanjai Edayar — Oravandur - Paramati — Pottdnur — Sendamangalam — Tattayyangarp(^ttai — Vassahir — Velur— Yengarai. Pera:mbaluii Taluk— KurumbaWr— LMapiiram-Perambahir - Ranjangudi -Siruvaehui— Utta+nr— V^likandapuram — Yenganur — Yeppnr. Tkichinopoly Taluk— lluppnr — Kilambil— Kiittappar — Lalgudi - MuttarasiarjalMr— Perattiyfir — Petiaivattalai — Pioh^nd^rk6vil— Saraayapuram— Sriraiigam — Tiruehendurai — Tiruppalat-turai— Tiru-vellarai- Tiruverumbiir— Triohinopoly— Turaij-ur — Uyyakondan- tirumalai — Velur. UnAiTAUPALAirAM Taluk— Ariyalnr — Elakuriehi— Gangai- kandapuram — Guruvalapparkovil — Jayankonda-Cholapnram — Kilappaluvnr — Saluppai-alagar-kovil— Tirumalavadi — Cdaiyarpalaiyam.
KARUR TALUK.
The Karur taluk lies on the extreme west of the district. It is traversed by the Amaravati river and bounded on the north and north-east by the Cauvery, the valleys of both which rivers are hot and close. The density of its population is considerably less than that of the other taluks in the district. Nearly 5 per cent, of the people, an unusually large proportion for this district, are Muhammadans, and the standard of education is rather above the average. The taluk is an undulating plain, of which only three square miles are forest and only four square miles culturable waste.
Ninety-five per cent, of the assessed land is dry, and only five per cent, irrigated. Of the latter, 24 square miles are irrigated from Government channels. The average rainfall is only 25.04 inches, the lowest figure in the district, and over 99 per cent, of the soil is red. The land is generally of rather poor quality, 94 per cent, of the dry land being assessed at one rupee or less per acre
