Pyu 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.
Pyu Township
South-western township of Toungoo District, Lower Burma, lying between 18 15' and 19 9' N. and 95 48' and 96 41' E., with an area of 1,589 square miles. It is a very large township, extending from the Sittang to the Pegu Yoma, and has developed at an extraordinary rate, the cropped area having increased threefold m ten years. The cultivated plain extends for from one to 15 miles west of the Sittang, and the railway to Rangoon runs through the middle of it, affording easy access to the markets The population was 45,201 m 1891, and 85,416 in 1901 (including 6,987 Karens and 3,697 Shans), distributed in 484 villages, the head-quarters being at Pyu (population, 1,127), on tne railway. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 250 square miles, paying Rs. 3,78,000 land revenue. Owing to its unwieldy size, the township was split up m 1905 into Pyu and OKTWIN. The reduced charge has an area of 943 square miles and a population (1901) of 74,607
