Murwara Town
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.
Murwara Town
Head-quarters of the tahsil of the same name in Jubbulpore District, Central Provinces, situated in 23° 50' N. and 80 24' E., 56 miles from Jubbulpore city by rail. The station for Murwara is Katni junction, so called from the river Katnl on which the town stands. Population (190 1), 14,137. The town is rapidly growing in importance, and is one of the leading goods stations on the East Indian Railway. Murwara was created a municipality in 1874. The municipal receipts during the decade ending 1901 averaged Rs. 9,100. In 1903-4 the receipts were Rs. 10,000, chiefly derived from a house tax and brokers' fees. Sixteen lime factories are situated near Murwara, in which the large local deposits of limestone are burned, employing some 2,500 labourers. Besides, a number of sandstone quarries and a fuller's earth quarry are worked, and mills have been established for the manufacture of paint. These, as well as eight small flour-mills, are worked by water-power from the Katnl river. The town contains an English middle school and a Zanana Mission girls' school, besides branch schools and a dispensary.
