Vizagapatam District (Madras Presidency)
Vizagapatam District was a district in the Madras Presidency of British India. Covering an area of 44,600 square kilometres (17,222 sq mi) and sub-divided into 22 taluks.
History
Vizapatam district, which included the Vizagapatam Hill-Tracts Agency, was, till the formation of Orissa province in 1936, the largest district in British India. It covered the areas of the present-day districts of Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh and the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangapur and Rayagada in present-day Orissa. The headquarters was the town of Vizagapatam, now known as Visakhapatnam.
Taluks
Vizagapatam district was sub-divided into 22 taluks some of whom were agencies.
- Koraput Agency (Area: 1,740 square kilometres (671 sq mi); Headquarters: Koraput)
- Nowrangapur Agency (Area: 5,630 square kilometres (2,172 sq mi); Headquarters: Nowrangapur)
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