Paukkaung

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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.

Paukkaung

Eastern township of the Prome subdivision of Prome District, Lower Burma, lying between 18 48' and 19 n' N. and 95 21'and 95 53' E., with an area of 694 square miles. The popu- lation in 1901 was 29,797, including nearly 5,000 Chins, and in 1891 was 31,995, so that the decrease has been 7 per cent, in ten years. The eastern half of the township is covered by the forests of the Pegu Yoma, and the density is low. There are 241 villages, the head- quarters being Paukkaung (population, 1,224), which is connected with Prome by a good road. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 32 square miles, paying Rs. 15,000 land revenue. The total revenue for the same year was Rs. 88,000.