Kumarkhali

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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.

Kumarkhali

Town in the Kushtia subdivision of Nadia District, Bengal, situated in 23° 52' N. and 89° 15" E., on the left bank of the Garai river. Population (1901), 4,584. It is a station on the Eastern Bengal State Railway, and a considerable trading centre. During the mercantile days of the East India Company, a Commercial Resident was stationed at Kumarkhali, and a large business in silk was carried on. The only relic of that time is a cemetery, with a few old tombs, the earliest dating from 1790. Kumarkhali was constituted a muni- cipality in 1869. The income and expenditure during the decade ending 1901-2 averaged Rs. 6,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 5,500, half of which was obtained from a tax on persons ; and the expenditure was Rs. 5,300.