Singu

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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.

Singu

Northernmost township of Mandalay District, Upper Burma, lying between 22° 16' and 22° 46' N. and 95° 54' and 96° 21' E., with an area of 712 square miles, a large proportion of which is forest. The population was 36,986 in 1891, and 35,670 in 1901, distributed in 146 villages, the head-quarters being at Singu (popula- tion, 1,479), on the Irrawaddy, about 40 miles north of Mandalay. The township contains the well-known Sagyin alabaster quarries, and some of the fisheries along the Irrawaddy and its backwaters are very valuable. Only the south of the township is cultivable ; the north is hilly and uninhabited. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 50 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 1,24,000,