Barind

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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.

Barind

Elevated tract in Eastern Bengal and Assam, occupying a considerable area on the confines of the Districts of Dinajpur, Malda, Rajshahi, and Bogra. It derives its name from the old Hindu kingdom of Barendra. It belongs to an older alluvial formation than the sur- rounding country, and is composed of argillaceous beds of a rather pale reddish-brown hue, often weathering yellowish, in which kankar and pisolitic ferruginous concretions frequently occur. It is covered in many places with a scrub jungle, the predominant tree being the sal (Shorea robustd). It is now being reclaimed by the Santals, Mundas, and Oraons, large numbers of whom have immigrated into this tract, attracted by the prospect of holding their new clearances rent-free for a few years. As soon as rent is demanded, they move on, leaving the fields they have cleared to be occupied by the less hardy Hindu cultivators, who have not the energy to clear land for themselves.