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Encyclopedia Britannica



BOGRA, or BAGURA

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 121 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BLA-BOS
BOGRA, or BAGURA , a town and
district
  of British India, in the
Rajshahi
  division of eastern Bengal and Assam. The town is situated on the right bank of the river Karatoya. Pop. (19o1) 7094. The
DISTRICT
  OF BOGRA, which was first formed in 1821, lies west of the main channel of the Brahmaputra. It contains an area of 1359 sq. m. In 1901 the population (on a reduced area) was 854,533, showing an increase of II % in the decade. The district stretches out in a level plain, intersected by numerous streams and dotted with patches of jungle. The Karatoya river flows from north to
south
 , dividing it into two portions, possessing very distinct characteristics. The eastern
tract
  consists of
rich
  alluvial soil, well watered, and subject to fertilizing inundations, yielding heavy crops of coarse
rice
 , oil-seeds and jute. The western portion of the district is high-lying and produces the-finer qualities of
rice
 . The
principal
  rivers are formed by the different channels of the Brahmaputra, which river here bears the local names of the Konai, the Daokoba and the Jamuna, the last forming a portion of the eastern boundary of the district. Its bed is studded with alluvial islands. The Brahmaputra and its channels, together with three
minor
  streams, the Bangali, Karatoya and Atrai, afford admirable facilities for commerce, and render every part of the district accessible to native cargo boats of large burden. The rivers swarm with fish. The formerproduction of indigo is
extinct
 , and the industry of silk-spinning is decaying, There is no town with as many as 1o,000 inhabitants,
trade
  being conducted at riverside marts. Nor are there any metalled roads. Several lines of railway (the Eastern Bengal, &c.), however, serve the district.


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