Buxar 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.

Buxar Subdivision

North-western subdivision of Shahabad District, Bengal, Ijing between 25° 16' and 25° 43' N. and 83° 46' and 84° 22' E., with an area of 669 square miles. The subdivision consists of a level plain, entirely under cultivation and extensively irrigated by canals ; a strip of land to the north along the Ganges is liable to in- undation from the overflow of that river. The population was 416,704 in 1901, compared with 438,739 in 1891, the density being 623 persons per square mile. It contains two towns, Buxar (population, 13,945), its head-quarters, and Dumraon (17,236); and 937 villages. Buxar is famous as the scene of the defeat by Sir Hector Munro of Shuja-ud- Daula and Mir Kasim in 1764, while at Chausa, near by, Humayun was defeated by Sher Shah in 1539.