Nawada Subdivision, 1908

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Nawada 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.

Eastern subdivision of (gaya District, Bengal, lying between 24° 31' and 25° 7' N. and 85° 17' and 86° 3' E., with an area of 955 square miles. The population in 1901 was 453,868, compared with 439,565 in 1891. The north of the subdivision is an alluvial plain, while the .south is hilly and covered with jungle. The latter tract, which includes a portion of the northern fringe of the Chota Nagpur plateau, is very sparsely populated ; the density for the whole subdivision is 475 persons per square mile. It contains two towns, Nawada (population, 5,908), its head-quarters, and Hisua (6,704); and 1,752 villages. At Afsar are some important archaeo- logical remains, including a fine statue of the Varaha, or boar incarnation of vishnu, and the ruins of a temple.