Ranaghat 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.

Ranaghat Subdivision

Southern subdivision of Nadia Dis- trict, Bengal, lying between 22 53' and 23 20' N. and 88 20' and 88 45' E., with an area of 427 square miles. The subdivision is a deltaic tract, bounded on the south-west by the Bhaglrathi ; it contains much jungle and numerous marshes and backwaters, and the whole tract is malarious and unhealthy. The population declined from 230,036 in 1891 to 217,077 in 1901, the density in the latter year being 508 persons per square mile , the decrease (563 per cent ) was due to the prevalence of malarial affections. The subdivision contains four towns, RANAGHAT (population, 8,744), the head-quarters, SANTIPUR (26,898), CHAKDAHA (5,482), and BIRNAGAR (3,124); and 568 villages.