Sonamukhi
Sonamukhi, 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.
Town in the Bishnupur subdivision of Bankura District, Bengal, situated in 23° 19' N. and 87° 36' E. Population (1901), 13,448. Sonamukhi was formerly the site of a commercial residency and of an important factory of the East India Company, where weavers were employed in cotton-spinning and cloth-making. It is now the local centre of the shellac industry. It lies on the road between Bishnupur and Panagarh station on the East Indian Railway. It was constituted a municipality in i886. The income during the decade ending 1901-2 averaged Rs. 5,300, and the expenditure Rs. 5,200. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 6,000, mainly derived from a tax on persons (or property tax) ; and the expenditure was Rs. 5,000.
