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

Kyangin Township

Northernmost township of Henzada District, Lower Burma, lying between i8° 7' and 18° 31' N. and 94° 54** and 95° 19' E., with an area of 478 square miles. The Irrawaddy plain is here narrowed by the approach of the Arakan Yoma, and the western half of the township is jungle-clad and uncultivable. The population increased from 45,828 in 1891 to 46,633 in 1901, and the density (98 persons per square mile) is low compared with the District average of 169. There are very few Karens, the Burmans numbering 95 per cent, and the Chins 4 per cent, of the total. The township contains 243 villages and one town, Kyangin (population, 7,183), the head- quarters. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 60 square miles, paying Rs. 82,000 land revenue.