Kotchandpur
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
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Kotchandpur
Town in the Jhenida subdivision of Jessore District, Bengal, situated in 23° 25' N. and 89° i' E., on the left bank of the Kabadak river. Population (1901), 9,065. Kotchandpur is the largest seat of the sugar trade and manufacture in the District. It was constituted a municipality in 1883. The income during the decade ending 1901-2 averaged Rs. 6,500, and the expenditure Rs. 5,900. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 7,000, mainly from a tax on persons (or property tax) and a tax on vehicles ; and the expenditure was Rs. 6,000.