Munshiganj 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.

Munshiganj Subdivision

South-eastern subdivision of Dacca District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, lying between 23° 14' and 23° 41' N. and 90° 10' and 90° 42' E., with an area of 386 square miles. The subdivision is a fertile alluvial tract, bounded on three sides by large rivers, the Padma on the south, the Meghna on the east, and the Dhaleswari on the north. The population in 1901 was 638,351, compared with 581,051 in 1891.

It contains 978 villages, but no town ; the head-quarters are at Munshiganj. This subdivision, which con- tains the greater part of the old Bikrampur pargana^ is one of the most thickly populated rural tracts in India, having a density of 1,654 persons per square mile. The principal centres of trade are Munshi- ganj, near which a large annual fair, known as the Kartik Baruni mela, is held for a month in December and January, Bhagyakul, Lohajang, and Mirkadim.