Purulia Subdivision, 1908

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Purulia Subdivision, 1908

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.

Head-quarters subdivision of Manbhum District, Bengal, lying between 22° 43' and 23° 44' N. and 85° 49' and 86° 54' E., with an area of 3,344 square miles. The subdivision occupies the declivity between the Ckota Nagpur plateau and Wesstern Bengal. To the east it merges in the alluvial plalns, but to the west and south the country is more broken. This part of the subdivision contains the Baghmundi and Dalma ranges of hills, the latter of which separates it from Singhbhum. The population in 1901 was 1,024,242, compared with 971,894 in 1891, the density being 306 persons per square mile. It contains three towns, PURULIA (population, 17,291), the head-quarters, JHALIDA (4,877), and RAGHUNATHPUR (4,171); and 4,273 villages.