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=Habiganj Town=

Head-quarters of the subdivision of the same 
name in Sylhet District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated in 24° 23' N. 
and 91° id' E., at the confluence of the Khowai and Barak rivers. 
The nearest railway station is at Shaistaganj, 9 miles distant. Population 
(1901), 5,236. Like other towns in this inundated tract, it is built on 
the bank of the river, which is raised a little above the level of the 
surrounding country. It is the head-quarters of the Subdivisional Magis- 
trate and his assistants, and of the four Munsifs who dispose of the 
civil business of the subdivision. 

The public buildings include a sub- 
sidiary jail with accommodation for 54 persons, a dispensary with 6 beds, 
and a high school with an average attendance of 318 boys. The town 
was constituted a Union under Bengal Act V of 1876 in 1881. The 
receipts and expenditure in 1903-4 were about Rs. 5,000. There 
is a considerable trade with Bengal, most of which goes by country 
boat. The principal imports are grain and pulse, cotton piece-goods, 
kerosene and other oils, and salt. The chief exports are rice, jute, 
mustard, linseed, and hides. The majority of the merchants arc 
members of the Shaha caste.