Baruva

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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.

Baruva

Seaport and station on the East Coast Railway in the Sompeta tahsil of Ganjam District, Madras, situated in 18° 53' N. and 84° 36' E. Population (1901), 4,161. Coco-nut oil and coir rope are made in the neighbourhood. The port, which is open only to coasting trade, is marked by two obelisks 50 feet high, built on a site 15 feet above the sea, bearing north-west from the usual anchorage. Govern- ment has planted a casuarina grove to the south-west of the custom- house to protect the building from drifting sand, and this also serves as a landmark to mariners. The only steamers touching at the port are those of the British India Steam Navigation Company, which call weekly on their voyages between Cocanada and Rangoon. In 1903-4, 9,500 native passengers travelled to Burma and 7,650 returned by these boats. In the same year the exports to Burma, chiefly coir rope and dried fish, were valued at Rs. 13,000. There were no imports from Burma.