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

Barasat

Subdivision of the District of the Twenty- four Parganas, Bengal, lying between 22 33' and 22 56' N. and 88° 25' and 88° 47' E., with an area of 275 square miles. The subdivision consists of a water-logged deltaic tract, which is very malarious, as many of the drainage channels are blocked, and there are numerous swamps and thick jungle. The population in 1901 was 264,300, the density being 961 persons per square mile. It contains two towns, Barasat (population, 8,634), the head-quarters, and Gobardanga (5,865) ; and 724 villages, Barasat was formerly a separate magisterial District in charge of a Joint-Magistrate. In 1861 the Joint-Magistracy was abolished, and Barasat became one of the subdivisions of the Twenty- four Parganas.