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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 593 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PALAMAU  , a

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

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