Bankura 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, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Bankura Sub division

Western subdivision of Bankura District, Bengal, lying between 22° 38' and 23 3S' N. and 86° 36' and 87 25' E., with an area of 1,921 square miles. The subdivision is composed of undulating country, covered in places with low s< rubby jungle and coppice wood. To the east it merges in the alluvial plain, but to the west the surface is more irregular, the undulations become more marked, and numerous isolated hills appear. The population in 1901 was 712,055, compared with 692,357 in 1891. It contains one town, Bankura (population, 20,737), its head-quarters; and 4,069 villages. The subdivision, which lies on the fringe of the Chota Nagpur plateau, is much less fertile and less densely populated than the Bishnupur subdivision, and supports only 371 persons to the square mile.