CHAPTER XV.
GAZETTEER.
Anakápalle Taluk—Anakápalle—Kasimkóta—Sankaram. Bimlipatam Taluk—Bimlipatmn—Padmanábham—Potuuru—Santapilly. Bissamkatak Taluk—Bissamkatak. Bobbili Taluk—Bobbiii. Chipurupalle Taluk—Chípurupalle—Garugubilli—Gujarátipéta— Shérmuhammadpuram. Gajapatinagaram Taluk—Andra—Gajapatinagarain—Jayati—Márupilli—Régulavdlasa. Golgonda Taluk—Balighattam—Gúdem—Krishnadévipet—Lótugedda—Narasapatam—Uratla—Vajragada. Gunupur Taluk—Gudári—Gunupur—Jagamanda. Jeypore Taluk—Guptésvara Cave—Jeypore—Kótapád. Koraput Taluk—Koraput. Malkanagiri Taluk—Kondakambéru—Malkanagiri— Mótu. Naurangpur Taluk—Naurangpur—Pappadahandi. Pádwa Taluk—Borra Cave—Matsya gundam. Pálkonda Taluk—Pálkonda— Rázám—Siripuram—Viraghattam. Párvatípur Taluk—Addápusila— Kurupám—Mérangi—Párvatípur—Sangamvalasa. Pottangi Taluk— Nandaparam—Pottangi. Ráyagada Taluk—Páyakapád—Ráyagada— Singapur. Sálúr Taluk—Korravanivalasa—Páchipenta—Sálúr. Sarvasiddhi Taluk—Dimila—Gópálapatnam—Nakkapalli—Panchadhárala—Páyakaraopéta—Pentakóta—Púdimadaka—Ráyavaram— Sarvasiddhi—Uppalam—Vátáda—Yellamanchili. Srungavarapukóta Taluk—Dharmávaram— Jámi—Kásipuram— Srungavarapukóta. Víravilli Taluk—Chódavaram—Mádgole. Vizagapatam Taluk —Simháchalam—Vizagapatam. Vizianagram Taluk—Rámatírtham— Vizianagram.
ANAKAPALLE TALUK.
Anakapalle taluk lies next south of Vizagapatam, on the coast of the Bay. CHAP. XV. Anakapalle. Near the sea it includes low-lying and swampy ground; but a little further inland rises a disconnected line of the red hills characteristic of the plains of this district; then follows a plain of unusually rich land; while on the north a larger line of the red hills separates the taluk from Viravilli. Much of the tract of rich land is watered from the Sárada channels and grows excellent sugar-cane, other parts of it are dotted with wells and the patches of garden crop they irrigate, and the prevailing tree throughout the whole is the palmyra, which stands in rows along the boundaries of all the fields and grows in clumps in every hollow.
The whole of the taluk is zamindari land. It contains three places of interest, some account of which follows:—
