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[edit] Nator Subdivision, 1908

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.

Eastern subdivision of Rajshahi District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, lying between 24° 1' and 24° 48' N. and 88° 51 and 89° 21' E., with an area of 816 square miles. The popula- tion was 422,399 in 1901, compared with 443,511 in 1891, the density being 518 persons per square mile. It contains one town, Nator (population, 8,654), the head-quarters; and 1,727 villages. With the exception of the Lalpur thdna, situated on the Padma, most of this subdivision is a swampy depression, waterlogged and abounding in marshes, the largest of which is the great Chalan Bil.