Naogaon Subdivision, 1908

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Naogaon Subdivision, 1908

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.

Northern subdivision of Rajshahi Dis- trict, Eastern Bengal and Assam, lying between 24° 32' and 25° 3' N. and 88° 23' and 89° 10' E., with an area of 867 square miles. The subdivision, which is intersected by the Atrai, contains much swampy and waterlogged land to the east of that river ; but to the north-west the country forms part of the Barind, an elevated and undulating tract consisting of a stiff red clay covered with brushwood. The population was 476,072 in 1901, compared with 424,545 in 1891, the density being 549 persons per square mile. It contains 2,346 villages, one of which, Naooaon (population, 4,092), forms the head-quarters; but no town. It is best known on account of the ganja produced in the Naogaon and Panchupur thdnas, which supply the whole of Bengal and Assam and part of the United Provinces. A large annual fair is held at Manda.