Rampur Hat 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.

Rampur Hat Subdivision

Northern subdivision of Blrbhum District, Bengal, lying between 23 52' and 24 35' N. and 87 35' and 88 2' E., with an area of 645 square miles. The subdivision is a long and somewhat narrow tract, running up between Murshid- abad District and the Santal Parganas. It possesses a fertile soil, except to the west, where there is a rolling country with tracts unfit for cultivation, and in the Murarai thana to the north, where the land is comparatively infertile and there is a large proportion of uncultivable waste. The population in 1901 was 366,352, compared with 328,025 in 1891, the density being 568 persons per square mile. It contains 1,336 villages, of which RAMPUR HAT is the head- quarters , but no town.