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CHITALDRUG , a See also:district and See also:town in the native See also:state of See also:Mysore, See also:India. The district has an See also:area of 4022 sq. m. and a See also:population (1901) of 498,795. It is distinguished by its See also:low rainfall and arid See also:soil. It lies within the valley of the Vedavati or Hagari See also:river, mostly dry in the hot See also:season. Several parallel chains of hills, reaching an extreme height of 3800 ft., See also:cross the district; otherwise it is a See also:plain. The See also:chief crops are See also:cotton and See also:flax; the chief manufactures are blankets and cotton See also:cloth. The See also:west of the district is served by the See also:Southern Mahratta railway. The largest town in the district is Davangere (pop. 10,402). The town of CHITALDRUG, which is the district See also:head-quarters (pop. 1901, 5792), was formerly a military See also:cantonment, but this was abandoned on See also:account of its unhealthiness. It has massive fortifications erected under Hyder See also:Ali and Tippoo See also:Sahib towards the See also:close of the 18th See also:century; and near it on the west are remains of a See also:city of the and century A.D. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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