Sheinmaga

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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.

Sheinmaga

South-easternmost township of Shwebo District, Upper Burma, extending from the Irrawaddy to the Mu river, and lying between 22 degree 11' and 22 degree 32' N. and 95 degree 32' and 96 degree o' E., with an area of 465 square miles. It is very dry and almost perfectly level. The population was 32,538 in 1891, and 39,255 in 1901, dis- tributed in 120 villages, the head-quarters being at Sheinmaga (popu- lation, 1,544), on the right bank of the Irrawaddy about 25 miles south-east of Shwebo town. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 43 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 58,100,