Kyaikmaraw

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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.

Kyaikmaraw

Central township of Amherst District, Lower Burma, formerly known as the Ataran township. It comprises the entire drainage area of the Ataran river, lying between 15° 14 and 16° 36' N. and 97° 41' and 98° 35' E., with an area of 2,457 square miles. In the valley of the Ataran population is dense, but elsewhere there is forest and villages are scarce. The population increased from 42,776 in 1891 to 62,173 i^ i9oi> distributed over 230 villages, Kyaikmaraw (population, 1,597), on the left bank of the Ataran river, 10 miles to the south-east of Moulmein, being the head-quarters. The area cultivated has increased 50 per cent, in ten years, and in 1903-4 was 140 square miles, paying Rs. 1,38,600 land revenue.