Thazi 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.

Thazi Township

South-eastern township of Meiktila District, Upper Burma, lying across the Mandalay-Rangoon railway, between 20° 43' and 21° 3' N. and 95° 56' and 96° 35' E., with an area of 696 square miles. The western portion is flat and cultivated, and has a fairly dense population, but the eastern runs up to the hills bordering the Shan plateau and contains few inhabitants. The popula- tion was 39,256 in 1891, and 49,824 in 1901, distributed in 316 villages. The head-quarters are at Thazi (population, 1,803), the junction for the Meiktila-Myingyan branch railway, 306 miles from Rangoon and 80 from Mandalay. In 1903-4 the area cultivated was 103 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 1,11,000.