Thabeikkyin 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, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Thabeikkyin Township

River-side township in the south- western corner of the Ruby Mines District, Upper Burma, lying be- tween 22° 42' and 23° 18' N. and 95° 58' and 96° 20' E., with an area of 688 square miles. The population was 8,123 in 1891 and 9,787 in 1901, distributed in 74 villages, and is almost exclusively Burman. Thabeikkyin (population, 1,554), a village on the left bank of the Irrawaddy, 130 miles above Mandalay, the terminus of the metalled road from Mogok to the river, is the head-quarters. The greater part of the township consists of undulating country, gradually rising from the Irrawaddy to the foot of the Ruby Mines mountains. About 3,000 acres were under cultivation in 1903-4, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 10,000.