Kawkareik 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.

Kawkareik Township

North-eastern township of Amherst Dis- trict, Lower Burma (formerly known as the Haungtharaw township), lying between 15 degree 37' and 17° 2' N. and 97 degree 59' and 98 degree 51' E., with an area of 1,963 square miles, bounded on the west by Haungtharaw, and on the east by Thaungyin and by Siamese territory. It is for the most part very hilly and very sparsely inhabited. The population was 22,512 in 1891, and 35,111 in 1901, distributed in T62 villages and one town, Kawkareik (population, 3,919), the head-quarters. The area cultivated has more than doubled during the past ten years. In 1903-4 it reached an aggregate of 50 square miles, paying Rs. 39,300 land revenue.