Insein Township

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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, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Insein Town

Head-quarters of the subdivision and township of the same name in Hanthawaddy District, Lower Burma, situated in 16° 53' N. and 96° 8' E., 10 miles north-west of Rangoon. Popu- lation (1901), 5,350. Insein is an important railway centre, containing the principal workshops of the Burma Railways Company.

It has the largest jail in the Province, an engineering school, and a reformatory school. There is a frequent local train service to and from Rangoon, and, as a good deal of high land is suitable for building sites, Insein is becoming a popular residential suburb of The capital. The town was constituted a 'notified area' in 1903, and is administered by a com- mittee of five members. The income of the town fund in 1904-5 amounted to Rs. 13,600, and the expenditure to Rs. 7,200.