Jowai Village

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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 Village

Headquarters of the Jowai subdivision of the Khasi and Jaintia Hills District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated in 25 degree 26' N. and 92 degree 12' E., at a height of 4,422 feet above the sea. Population (1901), 3,511. Jowai is the head-quarters of the sub- divisional officer, who is almost invariably a European, and it possesses a considerable trade. The chief exports are raw cotton and rubber ; the imports are rice, dried fish, cotton goods, and salt. The average annual rainfall is 237 inches.