Tangail 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.

Tangail Subdivision, 1908

South-western subdivision of Mymensingh District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, lying between 23° 57' and 24° 48' N. and 89° 40' and 90° 14' E., with an area of 1,061 square miles. The population in 1901 was 970,239, compared with 859,475 in 1891. Except on the east, which contains part of the Madhupur jungle, the subdivision is an alluvial tract, subject to annual inundations and deposits of fertilizing silt from the Brahmaputra with its affluents and offshoots. It contains one town, Tangail (population, 16,666), the head-quarters, and 2,030 villages, and is the most densely populated part of the District, supporting 914 persons per square mile, against an average of 618 for the whole District. There is an important market at Subarnakhali, and the terminus of the railway at Jagannathganj falls within the subdivision.