Taungtha

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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.

Taungtha

Central township of Myingyan District, Upper Burma, stretching from Meiktila District to the Irrawaddy, between 21° o' and 21° 26' N. and 95° 10' and 95° 39' E., with an area of 516 square miles. The greater part consists of high ground, sloping down in the west towards the river, on which cotton, Jowdr, beans, and sesamum are grown. The population was 57,975 in 1891, and 57,729 in 1901, distributed in 203 villages. The head-quarters are at Taungtha (population, 2,175), a small market on the railway, which traverses the township. In 1903-4 the area cultivated was 172 square miles, and the land revenue and thathatneda amounted to Rs. 1,19,000.