Paungbyin

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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.

Paungbyin

Central township of the Upper Chindwin District, Upper Burma, extending on either side of the Chindwin river from the Yoma to Katha District, between 23 48' and 24 35' N. and 94 32' and 95 12' E., with an area of 2,719 square miles. Except in the valley of the Chindwin, it is a mass of low hills. The population was 19,190 in 1891, and 26,409 in 1901, distributed in 268 villages, of which the most important is Paungbyin (population, 1,167), the head- quarters, on the Chindwin, about 70 miles north of Kindat. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 40 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 68,000.