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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 251.

ME DCHAL 251 in igol was 3-2 lakhs. The tdluk is somewhat hilly, and its soils are mostly sandy. Rice and sugar-cane are largely raised by tank-irriga- tion. The Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway passes through the eastern portion. The paigdh tdluks of Narsapur, Hatnfira, and Nawab- pet lie to the south, with populations of 15,567, 14,183, and 6,49 respectively. The two former consist of 39 villages each, and the latter of 8 villages. Their respective areas are about 130, 128, and 26 square miles. The jdgir tdluk of Narsingi, with ri villages and a population of 8,093, also lies to the south, and has an area of about 36 square miles. In 1905 some villages were added to the tdluk from Ramayampet, while others were transferred from it to Kamareddipet and Yellareddipet in Nizamabad. Medak Town.-Head-quarters of the tdluk of the same name in Medak District, Hyderabad State, situated in 18o 3' N. and 78° 26' E. Population (1go1'), 8,511. The town is built on the northern and eastern sides of a high hill, which was at one time strongly fortified. The fortifications are said to have been built originally by a Warangal Raja, but the present fort was constructed about the middle of the sixteenth century. It contains a brass gun io feet long, cast at Rotter dam for the Dutch in 1620. A Persian inscription on a slab in the tdluk office alludes to the building of a mosque in 1641, on the ruins of a demolished temple. A large mission school, with 180 pupils, and several mission buildings stand north-east of the town. Medak Gulshana.bā.d Division.-Division of the Hyderabad State, formed in 1905 from the old BIDAR DIVISION. It includes four Districts, as shown below: - Land revenue District. Area in square Population, and miles. 1901. in thousands cesses, of rupees. Nizāmābād (Indūr) 3,282 467,367 16,11 Medak . 33447 536,027 15,52 Mahbribnagar 5,842 613,771 8,86 Nalgonda 4,913 823,121 15,53 Total 17,484 2,440,286 56,02 The density of population is 1,396 persons per square mile; and the Division contains 1 i towns and 2,747 villages. The chief places of commercial importance are the towns of NIZAMABAD, MEDAK, SADASEO PET, SIDDIPET, MAHBUBNAGAR, NARAYANPET, NALGONDA, and BHON- GIR. Medak, Nalgonda, and Bhongir are also places of historic interest. The head-quarters of the Sfibahdar or Commissioner are at Patancherfi. Medchal.--Crown Nluk in the north-east of the Atraf-i-balda Dis- trict, Hyderabad State, also called the Shinzdli or I northern' tdluk, with an area of 634 square miles. The population in igo1, including VOL. XVII. R