Bankipore Subdivision, 1908

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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.

Bankipore Subdivision

Head-quarters subdivision of Patna District, Bengal, lying between 25° 12' and 25 40' N. and 84 42' and 85 17' E., with an area of 334 square miles. Owing to plague mortality and defective enumeration consequent on the prevalence of that disease at the time of the Census of 1901, the population recorded in that year was only 341,054, compared with 404,304 in 1891, the density being 1,021 persons per square mile. The subdivision is a fiat alluvial tract, bounded on the north by the Ganges. It contains two towns, Patna City (population, 134,785) and Phulwari (3,415); and 975 villages. Its head-quarters are at Bankipore, which is included within the municipal limits of Patna city.