Ranchi 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.

Ranchi Subdivision

Head-quarters subdivision of the Bengal District of the same name, lying between 22 2i / and 23 43' N. and 84 o' and 85 54' E., with an area of 2,366 square miles The sub- division consists of an elevated undulating table-land, where permanent cultivation is almost confined to the terraces cut in the slopes of the depressions which lie between the ridges. The population in 1901 was 753,236, compared with 730,642 in 1891, the density being 215 persons per square mile. In 1901 it comprised 3,506 square miles } but owing to the formation of the Khunti subdivision in 1905, the area was reduced to 2,366 square miles with a population of 527,829 and a density of 223 persons per square mile. The subdiusion con- tains two towns,Ranchi(population, 25,970), the head-quarters, and LOHARDAGA (6,123) ^ anc 1417 villages.