CUDDAPAH, or Kadapa, a district of British India in the presidency of Fort St George or Madras, situated between 13° 12' and 16° 19' N. lat. and 77° 52' and 79° 48' E. long. It is bounded on the N. by Karnaul, on the E. by Nellor, on the S. by North Arcot and Mysore; and on the E. by Ballárí The district is in shape an irregular parallelogram, divided into two nearly equal parts by the range of the Eastern Gháts which intersects it throughout its entire length. The two tracts thus formed possess totally different features. The first, which constitutes the north, east, and south-east of the district’ is a low-lying plain; while the other, which comprises the southern and south-western portion, forms a high table-land from 1500 to 2500 feet above sea-level. The chief river is the Penaur, which enters the district from Ballárí on the west, and flows eastwards into Nellor. Though a large and broad river, and in the rains containing a great volume of water, in the hot weather months it dwindles down to a very inconsiderable stream. Its principal tributaries are the Kundaur, Saglair, Cheyair, and Papagni rivers. The total area of the district is 8367 square miles, of which 2728 were returned as under cultivation in 1874-75. Cuddapah is subdivided into eleven taluks or sub-districts, and contains 1062 villages. The population in 1872 was returned as follows :—Hindus, 1,242,317; Mahometans, 103,676; Native Christians, 4068; Europeans and Eurasians, 202; Buddhists, 4; others, 387; total, 1,351,194. The principal town and the administrative head-quarters of the district is Cuddapah, situated on the banks of the Bogá River in 14° 32' N. lat. and 78° 54' E. long. Population—Hindus, 10,611; Mahometans, 5338; Christians, 222; others, 104; total, 16,275. The total ...