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

Kurigram Subdivision

North-eastern subdivision of Rangpur District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, lying between 25° 23' and 26° 14' N. and 89° 20' and 89° 53' E., along the right bank of the Brahmaputra, with an area of 942 square miles. The population in 1901 was 514,392, compared with 507,711 in i89i,and the density was 546 persons per square mile. The subdivision, which is an alluvial tract, part of which is drained by the Dharla, has lost area by diluvion, and cholera epidemics have been frequent, as the labour route to Assam formerly passed through it. There is only one town, Kurigram (population, 1,777), the head-qtiarters ; and 1,518 villages. Chilmari, on the Brahmaputra, is a place of pilgrimage, where an annual bathing festival takes place. Lalmanir Hat is the junction of the Bengal- Duars and the Eastern Bengal State Railways.