Coimbatore District (Madras Presidency)
| Coimbatore District கோயம்புத்தூர் மாவட்டம் | |||||||||
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| District of the Madras Presidency | |||||||||
| 1805–1947 | |||||||||
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 Coimbatore district in 1854 | |||||||||
| Capital | Coimbatore | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 20,357 km2 (7,860 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 2,201,752 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Establishment of the district | 1805 | ||||||||
• Modern Coimbatore district | 1947 | ||||||||
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| This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Coimbatore". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 652–653. | |||||||||
Coimbatore District was one of the
Tirupur and the Kollegal taluk of present-day Karnataka. It covered a total area of 20,400 square kilometres (7,860 sq mi) and was sub-divided into 10 taluks. The administrative headquarters was Coimbatore city
. Most of Coimbatore's inhabitants were Tamil-speaking but there were also large numbers of Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada speaking people.
History
Coimbatore was a part of the ancient
Third Mysore War in 1792, Coimbatore became a part of British India.[1]
The district was founded in 1805. In 1868
Satyamangalam, Erode, Perundurai and Dharapuram, were segregated to form Erode district. The remaining six taluks became nine after two new ones were established and a further one was bifurcated.[2]
Taluks
Coimbatore district was sub-divided into 10 taluks:
- Bhavani (Area: 1,850 square kilometres (715 sq mi); Headquarters: Bhavani)
- Coimbatore (Area: 2,100 square kilometres (812 sq mi); Headquarters: Coimbatore)
- Dharapuram (Area: 2,210 square kilometres (853 sq mi); Headquarters: Dharapuram)
- Erode (Area: 1,550 square kilometres (598 sq mi); Headquarters: Erode)
- Karur (Area: 1,590 square kilometres (612 sq mi); Headquarters: Karur)
- Kollegal (Area: 2,790 square kilometres (1,076 sq mi); Headquarters: Kollegal)
- Palladam (Area: 1,920 square kilometres (741 sq mi); Headquarters: Palladam)
- Pollachi (Area: 1,800 square kilometres (710 sq mi); Headquarters: Pollachi)
- Satyamangalam (Area: 3,050 square kilometres (1,177 sq mi); Headquarters: Gobichettipalayam)
- Udamalpet (Area: 1,470 square kilometres (566 sq mi); Headquarters: Udamalpet)
Administration
Coimbatore district was divided into 4 sub-divisions:
- Coimbatore sub-division: Coimbatore and Sathyamangalam taluks
- Erode sub-division: Bhavani, Dharapuram, Erode and Karur taluks
- Kollegal sub-division: Kollegal taluk
- Pollachi sub-division: Pollachi, Palladam and Udumalpet
See also
References
- ^ The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 10. London: Clarendon Press. 1908.
- ^ "Coimbatore district - History". Archived from the original on 6 April 2005. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
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