Sandoway Township

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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.

Sandoway Township

Township of Sandoway District, Lower Burma, lying between 18 2' and 18 46' N. and 94 13' and 94 52' E., with an area of 1,010 square miles. It occupies the central portion of the District. The population in 1901 was 39,542, compared with 34,090 in 1891. It contains one town, SANDOWAY (population, 2,845), the head-quarters of the District and township; and 231 villages. It has a fairly large number of Chin inhabitants in the hilly country which forms the greater part of its area, but not so many as the Taungup township, and Indians outnumber the Chin population. It is full of tidal creeks, and there is a little plain land along the valley of the Sandoway river. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 47 square miles, paying Rs. 48,700 and revenue.