Jhenida 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.

Jhenida Subdivision

North-western subdivision of Jessore Dis- trict, Bengal, lying between 23 degree 22' and 23 degree 47' N. and 88° 57' and 89 degree 23' E., with an area of 475 square miles. The population in 1901 was 304,899, compared with 311,973 in 1891. It contains one town, Kotchandpur (population, 9,065), and 864 villages. The head- quarters are at Jhenida. The subdivision is a flat, alluvial plain, the surface of which has been raised by the inundations of the Ganges distributary system till it is now beyond the reach of ordinary floods, and no longer receives the deposits of silt which formerly enriched it. It contains the most unhealthy portions of the District. The popula- tion has consequently receded, and the density is now 642 persons to the square mile. The principal marts are at Jhenida and Kot- chandpur.