Jalpaiguri Town, 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.

Jalpaiguri Town

Head-quarters of JalpaigurT District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated in 2 6° 32' N. and 88° 43' E., on the right bank of the Tista. Population (1901), 9,708. The town, though small, is progressive, and is the chief distributing centre in the District. It is served by the Eastern Bengal State Railway, while Barnes Gh5t on the east bank of the Tista, opposite to the town, is a station on the Bengal-DuSrs Railway, and the smaller marts and the tea gardens are supplied by its traders. Jalpaiguri was constituted a municipality in 1885. The income during the decade ending 190 1-2 averaged Rs. 20,000, and the expenditure Rs. 18,000.

In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 30,000, including Rs. 9,000 obtained from a tax on persons (or property tax) and Rs. 7,000 from a conservancy rate ; and the expenditure was Rs. 25,000. Rs. 24,000 has been spent on a drainage scheme, for which an estimate of Rs. 30,000 has been sanctioned by Government. Jalpaiguri is the head-quarters of the Commissioner of the Rajshahi Division, an Inspector of schools, an Executive Engineer, and of the Deputy-Conservators of Forests in charge of the Buxa and Jalpaiguri divisions ; it is also the head-quarters of a detachment of the Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles. The town contains the usual public offices. The District jail has accommodation for 122 prisoners, who are employed in oil-pressing, twine and rope-weaving, stone-breaking, cane-work, and ddl and rice-husking, the products being disposed of locally. The chief educational institution is a high school maintained by Government, with 270 pupils on its rolls.