Balurghat Subdivision, 1908

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Balurghat Subdivision

Southern subdivision of Dinajpur District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, lying between 24° 55' and 25 32' N. and 88° 25' and 89 o' E., with an area of 1,177 square miles. The northern part of the subdivision is a flat alluvial plain ; but to the south this merges in the Barind, where the ground is elevated and covered with brushwood, which is now yielding to the axe and plough. The subdivision was constituted in November, 1904, out of part of the old head-quarters subdivision. The population of this tract in 1901 was 386,630, compared with 338,545 in i89i,the density being 328 persons per square mile. In the sparsely populated Barind tract a rapid increase is now taking place. It contains 2,631 villages, one of which, Balurghat, is the head-quarters, but no towns. There are interesting historical remains at Devikot.