Bakarganj

Bakarganj, or Backergunge, a district and town of Lower Bengal, British India. The district, with an area of 3,649 square miles, occupies a portion of the delta of the Ganges and Brahmaputra, and is level, well watered, and fertile, the soil being alluvial. Part of the Sandarbans or coast jungles comes within its limits. The town, now almost in ruins, is on a creek of the same name, flowing out of the Ganges. It is 125 miles E. of Calcutta. Barisal has taken its place as chief town of the district.