JORHAT SUBDIVISION 202
The population in 1901 w 119,137, about one-fourth of which was
enumerated on tea gardens, a, compared with r8r,15x in 1891. The
subdivi contain, o e town, JoattAT (populstioq x,899), the head-
quarters ~nand 65, v llages. The n out rainfall at Jorhat town
head-
=e, go aches, but on the eastemborder of the subdivision it is
avlittle higher. In 1904 there w altogether 56 tea gardens with
30,851 a under plant, which' gave employment to 6a Europeans
and 36,849 natives. The subdivision is particularly well supplied with
s of commummtion, as the Assam-Bengal Railway sons along the
south-east, and at Tit46ar and Mariani meets a light state railway,
which passes through Jorhat town to the Brahnmputm. The as ss
maunt for land revenue and local rates in 1903-4 was Rs. 5,79,00.
Jorhat Town.-Head-quarters of the subdivision of the same name
n Sibsagar District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated in 26° 45′ N.
and 94° 13′ E., on the left bank of the Disai river. The town had
a population in t9or of x,899, and is administered as a Union under
(Bengal) Act V of 1876, the expenditure in 1913-4 110116119 to
early Its. 8,.... Jorhat we, the capital of the Ahom Raja. after
Gaurinath Singh had been driven from Rwgpur near Sibsigar at the
end of the eighteenth century. It contains a fine rank of excellent
water, on the hanks of which the subdivision.I officer's residence and
office have been located, and the re of considerable earthworks.
There is a flourishing baser, the largest shops in which are owned by
M3rwbri merchants, who do a large business with the tea gardens in
the neighbourhood. The principal articles of import are cotton piece-
goods, grain, salt and oil, the chief exports being mustard seed, cane,
and hides. Furniture and haberdashery are sold by Muhammadan
traders from Bengal. A colony of'relis has been formed in the town,
who express mustard oil in the ordinary bullock-mills of Upper India;
and Jorhat is the chief centre for the. manufacture of Assauum
jewellery, which usually consists of lac covered with gold and enamel
and set with cheap stones. The public buildings include . mall
jail, a hospital with twenty-four beds, and two high schools which in
1903-4 had an average attendance of 45s boys. 'A daily market for
the sale of native produce is numerously attended; and, owing to the
density of the population and the presence of a large umber of
prosperous gardens n the neighbourhood, Jorhat has become the most
important centre of trade in the District. A light state railway passes
through the town, connecting it with the Brahmaputra at KakilAmukh
and with the Assam-Bengal Railway at Madam aad Titabor. The
transfer of the head-quarters of the District from Sibsagar to Jorhat
has recently been sanctioned.
Joshimath.-Village in Garh,Al District, United Provinces, situated
in 30° 33′ N. and 79° 35′ E., at an elevation of 6,1o7 feet above sea-
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