Jhalakati

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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.

Jhalakati

Town in the head-quarters subdivision of Backergunge District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated in 22 degree 39' N. and 90 degree 13' E., at the junction of the Nalchiti river and the Jhalakati Khal. Population (1901), 5,234. Jhalakati lies on the main steamer route between Barisal and Calcutta, and is one of the most important markets in Eastern Bengal, the chief exports being rice and betel-nuts, and the imports salt, tobacco, oil, and sugar. A very large quantity of timber, especially sundri wood (Heritiera littorslis), cut in the Sundarbans, is sold here. There is an oil-mill with an annual out-turn estimated at Rs. 25,000. Jhalakati was constituted a municipality in 1875. The income during the decade ending 190 1-2 averaged Rs. 5,200, and the expenditure Rs. 5,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 8,8oo, mainly derived from a property tax and a conservancy rate ; and the expenditure was Rs. 8,600.