Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Ellor

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ELLOR, or Ellur, a town of British India, in the Godávarí district, in the presidency of Madras, situated on the bank of the Tammaler river, in 16° 43' N. lat. and 81° 10' E. long. The town contains a population of 25,487 persons, made up as follows: Hindus, 20,253; Mahometans, 5946; Christians, 188. Ellor is a municipality, and the chief town of the táluk or sub-district of the same name. The town, which is clean and healthy, with well-shaded roads, is the headquarters of an executive engineer, with magisterial and civil courts, post-office, school, &c.; it is also a station of the Church Missionary Society and of the Lutheran Mission. The municipal income in 1875–76 amounted to £760, and the expenditure to £957. The chief industry of the place is the manufacture of woollen carpets. Ellor was formerly a military station.