Ganjam

Ganjam, a town of Madras presidency, at the mouth of the Rishikuliya, 18 miles NE. of Berhampur (now the capital of the district). Salt is manufactured; and the place is a small port. Pop. 4700. —Ganjam district extends along the Bay of Bengal, in the extreme north-east of the Madras presidency, and is low and fever-stricken, but fertile in grain. Area, 8311 sq. m.; pop. (1891) 1,000,000. —Ganjam is also a suburb of Seringapatam (q.v.).