Natmauk

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Natmauk, 1908

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.

North-eastern township of Magwe District, Upper Burma, lying between 20° 15' and 20° 46' N. and 95° 2' and 95°49'E., with an area of 887 square miles. The greater part of the area is dry and poorly watered. Rice is raised in the neighbourhood of the Yin river, while over the rest of the township the chief crops are millet and sesamum. The population was 42,611 in 1891, and 53,262 in 1901, distributed in 181 villages. The head-quarters are at Natmauk (popula- tion, 530), on the Yin river, 36 miles north-east of Magwe, with which it is connected by a good road. In 1903-4 the area cultivated was 167 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 82,000.