Abstract:
The district of Howrah is situated in the south-east of the Gehebaii
Burdwan Division between 22° 13' and 22° 47' north latitude and to.EIP"
between 87° 51' and 88° 22' east longitude. With an area of
510 square miles and a population of 850,514 persons, it is the
smallest district in Bengal and has a less numerous population
than any distriot in the Province except Angul, Palamau, Singhbhum
and Darjeeling. Its area is less than that of an average
Bengal subdivision, but the district is slightly bigger than Bedfordshire
and contains 58,000 more inhabitants than the county
of Middlesex.
The district is bounded on the north by the Arambagh and Bounds-
Serampore subdivisions of the Hooghly district; on the east by west'
the Barrackpore, Alipore and Diamond Harbour subdivisions of
the 24-Parganas; on the south by the Tamluk subdivision of
Midnapore; and on the west partly by the Tamluk .and Gh&tal
subdivisions of the latter district and partly by the Arambagh
subdivision of the Hooghly district. The boundaries are partly
natural and partly artificial. On the west and south-west the
river Rupnarayan, and on the east and south-east' the ri^er
Hooghly constitute natural boundaries, while on the north the
boundary is formed by the Bally (Bali) Jthal and an a
