Tantabin

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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.

Tantabin

Karen township of Toungoo District, Lower Burma, lying between 18° 35' and 19° 4' N. and 96° 27' and 97° 9 E., with an area of 647 square miles. It extends from the Sittang river to the mountain barrier bounding Karenni ; and all but the plain of the Sittang in the west, some 10 miles broad, is hilly and populated by Karens. The rice lands in the plain are cultivated by the Burmans, while the Karens practise taungya or shifting cultivation on the high- lands. The population was 18,478 in 1891, and 24,686 in 1901, equally divided into Karens (three-fourths of whom are Christians) and Burmans. The number of villages is 159, Tantabin (population, 994) being the head-quarters. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 45 square miles, paying Rs. 48,000 land revenue.