Cuddapah

Cuddapah, a town in the province, and 161 miles NW. by rail of the city, of Madras. It stands, at the height of 507 feet above the sea, near the south bank of the northern Pennar, which flows into the Bay of Bengal. Till 1868 it was a military cantonment. Pop. 19,120.—The district of Cuddapah, partly lowland and partly highland, has an area of 8722 sq. m., and a pop. of 1,272,072. It has been British since 1800.