Kurseong 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.

Kurseong Subdivision

Southern subdivision of Darjeeling Dis- trict, Bengal, lying between 26° 31' and 27° o' N. and 88° 7' and 88° 31' E., with an area of 438 square miles. Its population in 1901 was 115,731, compared with 117,642 in 1891, and was contained in one town, Kurseong, its head-quarters, and 388 villages, the density being 264 persons per square mile. The subdivision contains two distinct tracts, the northern resembling the adjoining portion of the Darjeeling subdivision, and consisting of great mountain ridges and valleys, while the Siligurl ikd?ia lies in the plains and is a level sub- montane strip of country. After Kurseong the most important places in the subdivision are SilIguri, the junction of the northern section of the Eastern Bengal State and the Darjeeling-Himalayan Railways ; TiNDHARiA, where the workshops of the latter railway are situated; and the large marts of Matigara and Naksalbari in the tarai.