Jiri

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

Jiri

River of Assam, which rises on the southern slopes of the Barail, and, after a southerly course of 75 miles, fells into the Barak or Surma. For nearly the whole of its length it forms the boundary between Cachar District and the State of Manipur, and it is crossed at Jirighat by a ferry, which is maintained for the use of travellers along the Silchar-Manipur road. The greater part of its course lies through hilly country, and there is very little cultivated land in the vicinity. The only traffic brought down by the river consists of forest produce and tea from a garden situated at Jirighat, about 5 miles above its confluence with the Barak.