Motihari Town

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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.

Motihari Town

Head-quarters of Champaran District, Bengal, situated in 26° 40' N. and 84° 55' E. Population (1901), 13,730. Motihari was constituted a municipality in 1869. The income during the decade ending 1901-2 averaged Rs. 16,000, and the expenditure Rs. 14,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 22,000, of which Rs. 8,000 was derived from a tax on houses and lands, and Rs. 3,000 from a municipal market ; and the expenditure was Rs. 1 7,000. The town is pleasantly situated on the east bank of a lake, and contains the usual public ofifices, a jail, and a school. The jail has accommodation for 356 prisoners ; the chief industries carried on are oil-pressing, dar'i- weaving, net-making, and the manufacture of string money-bags. ^Motihari is the head tiuartcrs of a troop of the Bihar Liglu Horse.