Bassein Township

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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.

Bassein Township

Central township in the Bassein subdivision of Bassein District, Lower Burma, lying between 16° 35' and 16° 59' N. and 94° 30' and 95° 3' E., on both sides of the Bassein river, with an area of 563 square miles, which includes the area that till recently formed the township of Kangyidaung. The two townships together bad a population of 94,301 in 1891 and 104,647 in 1901, half the increase being due to non-agriculturists. They contained one town, Bassein (population, 31,864), the head-quarters; and 518 villages. in 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 244 square miles, paying a land revenue of Rs. 3,67,000.