Puri Subdivision, 1908
Puri 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.
Head-quarters subdivision of Puri Distrjct, Bengal, lying between 19° 28' and 20° 23' N. and 85° 8' and 86° 25' E., with an area of 1,528 square miles. The population in 1901 was 658,048, compared with 613,575 in 1891, the density being 431 per- sons per square mile. The subdivision forms the south-wesstern section of the Mahanadi delta, and consists almost entirely of alluvial country stretching from the Eastern Ghats to the Bay of Bengal. It contains one town, PURI (population, 49,334), its head-quarters; and 1,889 villages. The famous temple of Jagannath is situated in Puri town, while other important antiquities are the black pagoda at KONARAK and the Asoka inscription at DHAULI. The Chilka Lake in the south- west corner of the subdivision occupies about one-fifth of its total area.
See also
International Puri Beach Festival
Jagannath Puri: temple cuisine
Puri, the pilgrimage (main page)
Puri Subdivision, 1908
