1870A 1870B 1901 1911 1917 Chingleput 919 813 1,011 1,165 1,136 North Arcot 1,776 1,571 1,206 1,478 n.a. South Arcot 1,149 1,016 1,201 1,406 1,624 Salem 1,488 1,316 1,378 1,633 2,149 Coimbatore 1,931 1,707 1,405 1,554 1,794 Trichinopoly 1,097 970 1,366 1,569 n.a. Tanjore 1,046 925 1,022 1,006 1,132 Madura 1,352 1,677 1,872 Ramnad 1,331 n.a. Tinnevelly 1,770 1,566 1,428 1,649 n.a.
Source: Haruka Yanagisawa, A Century of Change: Caste and Irrigated Lands in Tamilnadu, 1860s-1970s, Delhi, 1996, p. 291.
Notes: 1870A: Calculations are based on the assumption that "1 Madras Measure of unhusked paddy = 2.6 lbs. of (husked) rice"
Notes: 1870B: Calculations are based on the assumption that "1 Madras Measure of unhusked paddy = 2.3 lbs. of (husked) rice"