Muzaffarpur 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.

Muzaffarpur Subdivision

Head-quarters subdivision of Mu- zaffarpur District, Bengal, lying between 25° 54' and 26° 28' N. and 84° 53 and 85° 45' E., with an area of 1,221 square miles. It is an alluvial tract, bounded on the west by the Great Gandak and inter- sected by the Baghmati and Little Gandak, flowing in a south-easterly direction. The population was 1,050,027 in 1901, compared with 1,074,382 in 1 89 1, the density being 860 persons per square mile. The slight decline in the population is due partly to the Muzaffarpur thdfia having suffered from cholera epidemics, and partly to the fact that it supplies a large number of emigrant labourers to Lower Bengal. More- over, the dodb between the Baghmati and the Little Gandak is liable to frequent inundations. The subdivision contains one town, Muzaffar- pur (population, 45,617), its head-quarters; and 1,712 villages.