Kani

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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.

Kani

Northernmost township of the Lower Chindwin District, Upper Burma, lying on both sides of the Chindwin river, between 22 degree 2' and 22 degree 50' N. and 94 degree 16' and 95 degree 5' E., with an area of 1,788 square miles. The population was 41,232 in 1891, and 48,717 in 1901, distributed in 256 villages, Kani (population, 1,097), about 40 miles above Monywa, on the right bank of the Chindwin, being the head-quarters. A large portion of the township consists of ' resented ' forests, and the whole is hilly and well watered. Cultivation is confined to the narrow valleys in that portion lying west of the Chindwin, and to the flatter part east of the river. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 32 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 1,11,000.