Selkpyu

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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.

Selkpyu

Southern township of Pakokku District, Upper Burma, lying between 20 50' and 21 21' N. and 94 20' and 94 48' E., with an area of 559 square miles. The level of the country rises on all sides towards the centre, from which spring numerous streams drain- ing into the Yaw river, which sweeps round the township, first in a north-easterly and then in a southerly course. The inhabitants are confined to the valleys of the Yaw and its tributary, the Sada-on, which drains the south. The hilly centre is uninhabited. The population was 47,502 in 1891, and 31,100 in 1901, distributed in 152 villages, Seikpyu (population, 1,195) on the Irrawaddy being the head-quarters. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 107 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 72,000,