Sidoktaya, 1908

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Sidoktaya

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.

North-western township of Minbu District, Upper Burma, lying between 20 7' and 20 54' N. and 94 2' and 94 30' E., on the eastern slopes of the Arakan Yoma, in the Mon river basin, with an area of 1,121 square miles. It is sparsely populated, and cursed with a malarious climate which no Burman from the plains can endure, The population fell from 24,337 in 1891 to 22, 511 in 1901, and in the latter year included 10,400 Chins, while the nominally Burman popu- lation is much mixed with Chin. There are 208 villages, the head- quarters being at Sidoktaya (population, 1,207), on the Mon river. In 1903-4 the area cultivated was 15 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 39,000.