Indaw

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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.

Indaw

(formerly Manle). — Central township of Katha District, Upper Burma, lying between 23" 57' and 24° 23' N. and 95° 58' and 96° 16' E., on either side of the Sagaing-Myitkyina railway, with an area of 416 square miles. The population was 11,291 in 1891, and 14,208 in 1 90 1, distributed in 151 villages. The head-quarters are at Indaw (population, 470), on the railway. The township is watered by the Meza river. In some parts there are wide plains, affording scope for large expansion of cultivation. The townshi]) contained 18 square miles under cultivation in 1903-4, and the land revenue and thatha- meda amounted to Rs. 49,200.