Pyinmana Township
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.
Pyinmana Township
Township occupying the centre and south- east of Yamethm District, Upper Burma, and lying between 19 27' and 20 21' N. and 95 43' and 96 39' E., with an area of 1,4)4 square miles, The population increased from 46,021 in 1891 to 61,578 m 1901, distributed in one town, PVINMANA (population, 14,388), the head-quarters, and 308 villages. In the hills in the south-east is a Karen colony numbering o\er 2,000. The township may be described as one large forest, with the exception of the immediate suiroundings of Pyinmana town, and small patches of cultivation near the villages and streams. The rainfall is heavy, compared with that of the noithern subdivision The township contained 76 square miles under cultiva- tion m 1903-4, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 1,58,000
