Jhatnzi

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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.

Jhatnzi

River of Assam, which rises near Mokokchung in the Naga Hills, and, after a northerly course through Sibsagar District, falls into the Brahmaputra. Its total length is 71 miles, and in its course through the plains it forms the boundary between the sub- divisions of Sibsagar and Jorhat. In the dry season it becomes very shallow, but during the rains boats of 4 tons burden can proceed as far as the foot of the hills. Molasses, tobacco, salt, oil, and other articles of commerce are brought up the river in the rains and sold or exchanged for betel-nuts. Tea used formerly to be sent down stream to Jhanzimukh, but most of it is now exported by rail. An area of about 30 square miles in the Simaluguri mauza is injured by the floods of the river, but there are some compensating advantages, as the silt is said to have a fertilizing effect. The Jhanzi is crossed by a bridge on the Assam-Bengal Railway, and by four ferries.