MANUAL OF THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. lo 



under cultivation, and 244,772 acres, 382'45 square miles, waste. CHAP. II. 

 Thus in 30 years the occupied area of the plateau has trebled itself, general 

 This result is mainly due to the extension of cultivation by the Description. 

 Badaga villagers. Major Ouchterlony estimated that about 31,500 

 acres of land were subject to Badaga cultivation, but that only 

 about 17,000 acres were actually cultivated annually. 



The following statistics, relating to each nad, or revenue 

 division, will be interesting. In regard to Mekanad only, however, 

 are the statistics reliable, for of this nad only has the survey been 

 completed. As to the other nads the statistics are derived from 

 the revenue accounts, which are admittedly more or less inac- 

 curate. 



The district is divided into four compartments or nads, viz., Divisions, 

 Peranganad, Mekanad, Kundanad, and Todanad. These nads 

 originally were exclusive of the Ouchterlony Valley, the portion 

 lying between the foot of the Segur Pass and the Moyar, and the 

 lands attached to Irula villages on the eastern slopes. For 

 convenience, however, these lower tracts are included in the 

 superjacent nads. 



Peranganad ^ derives its names from the god Eangasami P^rangan^d. 

 worshipped by the Badagas, whose temple is located on the peak of 

 that name within the arrondissement. It forms the eastern division, 

 and is separated from Todanad, on the west by the Mudukkadu 

 stream, and Orange Valley, and the north-east spur of the 

 Doddabetta range. On the west and south it is divided from the 

 Mekanad by the southern spur of the same range, and the 

 Kateri river. It contains the settlements of Coonoor and Kotagiri 

 and the Military Depot of Wellington. 



Distribution of Occupied Area. 



Lands held under Patta by the Hill Tribes 

 Lands held by Europeans and Natives under the 



Waste Land Rules 

 Inani Lands 

 Lands held by Europeans and Natives under other 



tenures than the Waste Land Rules 



Miilachapoi Kambe and Velleru Kambe. 

 Lands held under Patta by Hill Tribes ... 734-43 



Lands held by Europeans and Natives under 



Waste Land Rules 285-50 



Inam Lands ... ... ... ... ... 126*57 



Lands held by Europeans and Natives under 



other tenures than the Waste Land Rules ... 16-50 



Total ... 23,969-46 



* The initial syllable is probably a contraction of periya (Tamil), gi-eat Ua. 

 honorific prefix. Comp. P^-angalur in Pudukdta, and P^rambdi-, Madras, 



