Basirhat Town

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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.

Basirhat Town

Head-quarters of the subdivision of the same name in the District of the Twenty four Parganas, Bengal, situated in 22° 40' N. and 88° 51' E., on the right bank of the Jamuna river. Population (1901), 17,001. Basirhat was constituted a municipality in 1869. The income and expenditure during the decade ending 1901-2 averaged Rs. 6,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 6,600, mainly from a tax on persons ; and the expenditure was Rs. 6,300. Basirhat contains the usual public ofifices ; the sub-jail has accommoda- tion for 12 prisoners. Basirhat is connected with Barasat, a station on the Eastern Bengal State Railway, by a metalled road 26 miles in length, along which a light railway with eight stations has recently been laid.