Mymensingh Subdivision, 1908
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.
Mymensingh Subdivision
Maimansingh Head-quarters sub- division of Mymensingh District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, lying between 24° 7' and 25° 11' N. and 89° 59' and 90° 49' E., with an area of 1,849 square miles. A large part of the subdivision consists of a level open plain, covered with well-cultivated fields and intersected by numerous small rivers and channels ; but the south comprises the Madhupur jungle, where the country is more elevated and contains large jungle tracts. The population in 1901 was 977,476, compared with 853,020 in 1 89 1. It contains two towns, Nasirabad (population, 14,668), the head-quarters, and Muktagacha (5,888); and 2,367 villages. The density is only 529 persons per square mile, against an average of 618 for the District, owing to the inclusion of a large portion of the Madhupur jungle, in parts of which there are only 277 persons per square mile, compared with 1,025 i^ the Nandail ihana. There are important markets at Sambhuganj and Datt's Bazar.
