Saniastipur 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.

Saniastipur Subdivision

Southern subdivision of Darbhanga District, Bengal, lying between 25 28' and 26 5' N. and 85 31' and 86 i' E,, with an area of 778 square miles. The population rose from 738,449 in 1891 to 752,637 in 1901, when there were 967 persons per square mile, or more than in any other subdivision of the District. With the exception of part of the dodb between the Baghmati and Burhi Gandak rivers, the subdivision consists of a large block of upland, interspersed with a few chaurs or marshes. It is the richest and most fertile part of the District, producing all the most valuable rabi and bhadoi crops, and it is also the centre of the indigo industry.

It contains one town, SAMASTIPUR (population, 9,101), the head-quarters : and 843 villages. Samastipur town is an important railway junction and contains workshops of the Bengal and North-Western Railway. The Government estate at Pus A has recently been made over to the Government of India as the site for an Imperial agricultural college and research laboratory, and portions of the estate are being utilized as an experimental farm for cultivation and cattle-breeding.