Census of India 1951. West Bengal Sikkim & Chandernagore

The first round of enumeration was completed on the evening of the 28th February; the night of the 28th and the morning of the 1st March were devoted to the counting of the homeless population on the streets and open spaces. [...] South-east of Burdwan at the base of its triangle and west of the Bhagirathi with parts of Nadia and 24-Parganas on the opposite bank lies Hooghly the principal rivers of which from the west to the east are the Rangakhal and Tarajuli the Amodar the Dwarakeswar and Rupnarayan the old Dwarakeswar and Mundeswari the Damodar the Kana Damodar all of which flow north to south while still fart [...] South of Hooghly and west of the Bhagirathi with Calcutta and 2Parganas on the opposite bank of the Bhagirathi lies the district of Howrah the principal rivers of which running north-south are the Rupnarayan which forms the western boundary of the district the Damodar the Kana Damodar and the Saraswati. [...] The 17 3 CENSUS 4GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS: CHANGES IN RIVERS rivers from the west eastward are the Subarnarekha and Dolung which enter 'Orissa in the south the Balighai the Rasulpur the Kalighai which joining the Kasai from the north opposite Tengrakhali forms the Haldi river flowing into the Hooghly the Parung the Buri Tangol and Kusai which join the Silai. [...] A large number of rivers traverse the district north to south which from the west eastward are the Muriganga or Baratala the Banstala the Saptamukhi the Gobadia the Barchara the Mridangabhanga or Cacherra the Nukchara the Pukchara the Thakuran the Pilai the Kumra the Bidyadhari the Matla the Bidya the Jhilla the Raymangal and the Kalindi which forms the district's boundary on the