Madhipura Subdivision, 1908

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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.

Madhipura Subdivision

Northern subdivision of Bhagalpur District, Bengal, lying between 25° 24' and 26° 7' N. and 86° 19' and 87° 8' E., with an area of 1,176 square niiles. The subdivision, which is bounded on the south by the Ghugri, is a low-lying alluvial tract, intersected by numerous rivers and water-channels and liable to in- undation from their overflow. The population in 1901 was 559,310, compared with 575,505 in 1891, the density being 476 persons per square mile. It contains 757 villages, one of which, Madhipura, is its head-quarters ; but no town. The decline in population is accounted for by the fact that a large part of the Madhipura and Kishanganj thanas have been devastated by the ravages of the Kosi, which has deposited a thick sediment of silt.