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Encyclopedia Britannica



PALAMAU

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 593 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAI-PAS
PALAMAU , a
district
  of British India, in the Chota-Nagpur division of
Bengal
 . It was formed out of Lohardaga, in 1894, and takes its name from a former state or chiefship. The administrative headquarters are at Daltonganj: pop. (19o1), 5837. It consists of the
lower
  spurs of the Chota-Nagpur
plateau
 , sloping north to the valley of the Son. Area 4914 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 619,600, showing an increase of 3.8% in the decade;
average
  density, 126 persons per sq. m., being the lowest in all
Bengal
 . Palamau suffered severely from drought in 1897. A branch of the
East
  Indian railway from the Son valley to the valuable coalfield near Daltonganj was opened in 1902. The only articles of export are jungle produce, such as lac and tussur
silk
 . The forests are unprofitable.
See Palamau
District
  Gazetteer (Calcutta, 1907).


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