Kyaukse Town
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.
Kyaukse Town
Head-quarters of Kyaukse District, Upper Burma, situated in 21° 37' N. and 96° 9' E., on the right bank of the Zawgyi river, near the centre of the District, 27 miles by rail from Mandalay and 359 from Rangoon. Population (1901), 5,420. It takes its name from the stone weir which here bestrides the Zawgyi at a point close to where its channel is crossed by the railway line. It lies at the foot of the Shwethayaung hill, an isolated limestone mass, rising from the plain to a height of 975 feet, and is well laid out, the civil station lying to the west, and the business quarter to the east of the railway line. The hill is crowned with a shrine which dates from the reign of king Anawrata, and at its foot is the Shwemoktho pagoda, said to have been built by Asoka and repaired by Anawrata. The town has no industries of importance, and the inhabitants are to a large extent petty traders. The town was constituted a municipality in 1888. The income and expenditure during the decade ending 1901 averaged about Rs. 19,000. In 1903-4 the income amounted to Rs. 21,000, the main sources being bazar rents (Rs. ir,ooo) and house and land tax (Rs. 4,500). The expenditure was Rs. 22,000, the chief items being conservancy (Rs. 6,000), and hospital, which contains 40 beds (Rs. 4,600).
