Paungde Town
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.
Paungde Town
Head-quarters of the subdivision of the same name in Prome District, Lower Burma, situated in '18 30' N. and 95 31' E., on the Rangoon-Prome railway, 130 miles from Rangoon and 32 miles by road from Prome. The population in 1901 was 11,105, and has steadily increased since 1872. Paungde was con- stituted a municipality in 1884. The municipal income and expen- diture during the ten years ending 1900 averaged between Rs. 31,000 and Rs. 32,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 42,000, the chief sources of revenue being tolls on markets and slaughter-houses (Rs. 26,000), and house tax (Rs. 4,300) ; and the expenditure was Rs. 37,000, the principal items being roads (Rs. 6,500) and conser- vancy (Rs. 4,200). The town contains a jail, a hospital, and a middle school. The Provincial reformatory was removed from Paungde to Insein in 1896, the premises being converted into a jail, and in 1900 new jail buildings were erected. The middle school, established in 1875, has 130 pupils.
