List of zamindari estates in the Krishna District

Zamindars of Krishna district hold an important place in the history of Madras Presidency. Krishna district holds some huge Zamindari estates like Nuzvid Estate, Chintalapati Vantu, Devarakota, Repalle, Vallur etc. which are both extensive and wealthy estates.[1][2]

Permanent Settlement

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In 1802, the British after settling the facts with Nizam and Local Poligars and Zamindars they made permanent settlement in which they issued sanads to pay the government peskash annually. There are many ancient Zamindaries in this district, and also newly formed but Most influential Zamindars too.[3] when Charles Donald Maclean surveyed about the zamindaries in the Madras Presidency he mentioned 34 Zamindaries in the District. They are:

List of Zamindaris in Krishna District in the year 1874-75
Zamindari Holder Peskash
Krishna district
Nuzvid Estate 95,443
Virsanapettah 20,829
Challapalli 81,397
Chintalapati Vantu 17,500
Chevendra 4,776
Chanubanda 1.357
Mylavaram Muttah 1.25 vantu 4,858
Mylavaram Muttah 1 vantu 3,887
Vutukur Muttah 2,156
Half of Tiruvur Muttah 2,117
Yenagadapa Muttah 1,236
Half og Gumpalagudem Muttah 1,295
Western part of Gumpalagudem muttah 1,291
Munagala Paragana 4,572
Vallur South 20,493
Gudur Paragana 35,988
Pinagudur Lanka 319
Kruttiventi South 2,910
Balliparru 459
Kuchipudy 229
Narayanagudem 138
Other Half of Tiruur muttah 2219
Kalagara| 812
Putrela 510
Kondur and Kmbhampad 507
Kokilampad 75
Pengollu 1,262
Munukulla 71
Komera Muttah 703
Lingagiri Pragana 486
Devarapally 451
Rayavaram 908
China Gollapalem 238
Chitti Gudur 524
Source:MaClean, C. D. (1877). Standing Information regarding the Official Administration of Madras Presidency. Government of Madras. pp. 492–493.

Later

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After 1877 few years later few other villages and estates from Godavarai District are annexed into Krishna District. Estates were also sub divided and few were transferred from one Zamindar to other.

Huge Zamindaris

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Further reading

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Source: Manual of the Kistna District in the Presidency of Madras has given the genealogies of 15 influential families of Krishna District Published in the year 1883 by Mackenzie, Gordon .[7]

References

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