Jowai 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.

Jowai Subdivision

Subdivision of the Khasi and Jaintia Hills District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, lying between 24 degree 58' and 26 degree 3' N. and 91degree 59' and 92 degree 51' E., with an area of 2,086 square miles. Jowai originally formed part of the territory of the Jaintia Raja, and was acquired from him by the British in 1835. The population in 1901 was 67,921, as compared with 64,521 in 1891, giving a density of 33 persons per square mile. Most of the inhabitants are Syntengs, a tribe of Tibeto-Burman origin akin to the Khasis. The subdivision contains 640 villages, and is in charge of a European Magistrate, whose head-quarters are at Jowai, a prosperous village with some local trade. The rainfall is recorded only at Jowai itself, where there is an average annual fall of 237 inches; but on the southern face of the hills the precipitation is probably even greater.