Homalin Township

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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.

Homalin Township

North-western township of the Upper Chindwin District, Upper Burma, lying along the Chindwin on either bank, between 24*^ 44' and 26^^ o' N. and 94'^ 43' and 96^ o' E., with an area of 2,524 square miles. It is a mass of hills, comparatively low in the east, but rising in the west to a considerable height. The popu- lation, which is almost entirely Shan, was 11,000 in 1891, and 17,624 in 1 90 1, distributed in 166 villages. The head-quarters are at Homalin (population, 1,241), on the Chindwin river, 130 miles above Kindat, and the highest point ordinarily visited by the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company's steamers. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 32 square miles, and the land revenue and thathamcda amounted to Rs. 30,000.