Rangpur 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.

Rangpur Subdivision

Head-quarters subdivision of Rangpur District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, lying between 25 18' and 26 16' N. and 88 56' and 89 31' E , with an area of 1,141 square miles The subdivision is mainly an alluvial tract, drained on the extreme west by the Karatoya and intersected by the Ghaghat, a small tortuous river, on either side of which are swamps and many channels clogged with vegetation The population in 1901 was 658,291, compared with 646,388 in 1891. It contains one town, RANGPUR (population, 15,960), the head-quarters, and 1,897 villages, and has a density of 577 persons per square mile The subdivision is unhealthy, and two of its thdnas, Mahiganj and Mitapukur, have lost population since 1891 and still more since 1872.