Chittivalasa
Village
Vizianagaram district
Andhra Pradesh
Industrial and trading village near Bimlipatam. The 1907 gazetteer (p.122-123) records that Messrs Arbuthnot & Co. ran a sugar factory here (fed by cane they promoted in Palkonda taluk) which by 1907 had become a jute mill spinning and weaving the local jute into gunny bags by steam. Madras District Gazetteers, Vizagapatam Vol. I (1907), Occupations and Trade, p.130-131: 'In the plain taluks, the greater part of the trade is in the hands of the Komati caste' (Komati = Arya Vysya), with Kapus, Balijas, Pattu Sales and Devangas taking a smaller share and a few Marwaris in the bigger towns financing operations. Modern mandal assignment (Bhogapuram) is inferred and not re-verified against a current LGD record. Included for its documented trade history, not for any confirmed Arya Vysya institution.
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Source
Madras District Gazetteers: Vizagapatam, Vol. I (W. Francis, Government Press, Madras, 1907) - full text on Internet Archive, item in.ernet.dli.2015.207070
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