Hatia

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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.

Hatia

Island in Noakhali District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated in the estuary of the Meghna river, and lying between 22° 25' and 22° 42' N, and 90° 53' and 91° 9' E., with an area of 185 scjuare miles. It contains 49 villages, and in 1901 had a population of 55,390, the average density being 299 persons per square mile. Muhammadans number 44,000 and Hindus 11,000. The island lies low, and is only partially protected by embankments from the incursions of the sea. It is thus exposed to storm-waves, and the great cyclone of 1876 destroyed 30,000 persons, or more than half the population.

Hatia

A sub-caste of Bhuin¬malis found in Noakhali.