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of which was taken over by the Educational department in 1904.
There are two other unaided high schools in the town, which also
possesses a civil hospital; and the Ludhiana Mission maintains a
female hospital.
Hoskote.-Eastern tâluk of Bangalore District, Mysore, lying
between 12° 51′ and 13° 15′ N. and 77° 38′ and 77° 59′ E., with an
area of 272 square miles. The population rose from 60,667 in 18gr
to 73,855 in 1901. The hâluk contains two towns, Hoskote (popula
tion, 3,184) and Stllibele (2,186) ; and 365 villages. The land revenue
demand in 1903-4 was Rs. x,55,000. The Ponnaiyar is the western
boundary towards the north, and, forming the large Hoskote tank, runs
through the south of the liluk. Except for a few low hills in the
north, the country is open. Along the river and east from Nandagudi
the best cultivation is found. Some potatoes are grown, and poppy
used to be grown formerly. Hay is made near Hoskote for the
Bangalore market. Hoskote town, the head-quarters, is situated in
13° 4′ N. and 77° 48′ E., on the Ponnaiyar, 6 miles from Whitefield
railway station. Hosa-kote, the `new fort,' so called to distinguish it
from KGL~R, was built about 1595 by the Sugattlr chief, who also made
the large tank, xo miles in circumference when full.
Hospet Subdivision.-Subdivision of Bellary District, Madras,
consisting of the HOSPET, HADAGALLI, KfJDLIGI, and HARPANAHALLI
tciluks.
Hospet Taluk.--Western tâluk of Bellary District, Madras, lying
between 15° 0′ and 15° 29′ N. and 76° 17′ and 76° 48′ E., with an area
of 540 square miles. The population in rgor was 101,947, compared
with 92,512 in 1891. The teiluk contains two towns, HOSPEP (popula-
tion, 18,482), the head-quarters, and KAMPLI (9,803) ; and 121 villages.
Of the villages the best known is Hampi, which has given its name
to the wonderful ruins of the old city of VIJAYANAGAR which lie
scattered around. The demand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4
amounted to Rs. 2,o8,ooo. Containing the rugged wildernesses of
granite hills round Daroji and Kampli and many outliers from the
Sandtlr and Copper Mountain ranges, Hospet is the most hilly area
in the District. Nine-tenths of it is covered with light mixed soils.
Only one-twelfth is black cotton soil, and even this is scattered in
many isolated patches and does not occur in any one continuous
spread. Kanarese is the prevailing vernacular. It is the only part of
Bellary of which any considerable proportion is protected from drought
in all seasons, r4 per cent. of the cultivated area, most of which
is supplied by the Tungabhadra channels, being safe from famine.
It consequently suffered less in the distress of 1876-8 than any other
part of the District. Some of this irrigated land is very valuable
it is reported that fields round Kampli have changed hands at prices
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