Biswanath

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Biswanath District
District map
State Assam
Administrative headquarters : Biswanath Chariali
Area : 1783 km²
Residents : 612,491 (2011)
Population density : 344 inhabitants / km²

Biswanath is a district in the Indian state of Assam . The administrative seat is Biswanath Chariali .

history

The district was created in 2015 from parts of the Sonitpur district. At that time, the Biswanath, Gohpur and Helem circles split from the Sonitpur district and formed the new Biswanath district.

population

According to the 2011 census, the Biswanath district has 612,491 inhabitants. With 344 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is very densely populated. The district is still rural. Of the 612,491 residents, 581,123 people (94.88%) live in rural areas and 31,368 people in urban communities.

The Biswanath District is one of the areas of India that is populated by a significant number of members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). (2011) 93,174 people (15.21 percent of the district's population) were among them. There are also 43,763 Dalits ( scheduled castes ) (7.15 per cent of the district population) in the district.

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Biswanath district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase between 2001 and 2011 was 13.7 percent (13.66%). In these ten years the population increased by over 73,000 people. The following table illustrates the development:

Significant places

There are only two cities in the district with the district capital Biswanath Chariali and Gohpur.

District population by gender

In 2011, the district had more male than female residents, which is common in India. However, the relationship between the two sexes was much more balanced than in other regions of India. Of the total population of 612,491 people, 311,234 (50.81 percent of the population) were male and 301,257 female. Among the youngest residents (88,453 people under 7 years of age), 44,988 people (50.86%) are male and 43,465 people (49.59%) are female.

District population by language

The population of the Biswanath district is linguistically mixed. Assami is the most common language. It is the main language for 53,617 people (44.01 percent of residents) in Circle Gohpur. In Circle Helem, 46,192 people (32.07 percent of residents) and 108,804 people (31.39 percent of residents) in Circle Biswanath speak Assami. The Hindi language Sadan / Sadri takes second place. This is followed by Bengali, Nepali, Bodo, Miri / Mikir and Odia, each with more than 40,000 speakers. The following table shows the most widely used languages:

year Assami Sadan / Sadri Bengali Nepali Bodo Miri Odia Munda Karbi Hindi Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number %
2011 208,613 34.06 83,021 13.55 52,404 8.56 48,550 7.93 44,281 7.23 43,416 7.09 41,196 6.73 18,858 3.08 15,695 2.56 11,248 1.84 612.491 100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

Population of the district by confession

The Hindus are the clear majority of the population. In the two circles Gohpur (94.70 percent Hindus) and Helem (83.59 percent Hindus) there is a clear majority of Hindus. There is a significant Muslim minority in Circle Biswanath (48,034 people; 13.86 percent of the population). There are significant Christian minorities in the Circles Biswanath (17,516 people; 5.05 percent of the population) and Helem (19,312 people; 13.41 percent of the population). The following table shows the exact religious composition of the population:

year Buddhists Christians Hindus Jainas Muslims Sikhs Other not specified Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number %
2011 2.224 0.36 42,392 6.92 514.259 83.96 168 0.03 52,155 8.52 286 0.05 110 0.02 897 0.15 612.491 100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

education

Thanks to significant efforts, literacy is increasing. It is still low, as only 63 percent of the population can read and write. In urban areas, more than 89 percent can read and write. In the countryside, on the other hand, only just under 65 percent are. The strong differences between the sexes and the urban / rural population are typical of Indian conditions.

Literacy in the Biswanath district
unit 2011 census
number proportion of
TOTAL 339.155 64.72%
Men 190.983 71.73%
Women 148.172 57.48%
TOTAL CITY 25.178 89.20%
City men 13,296 92.29%
City women 11,882 85.96%
TOTAL COUNTRY 313,977 63.33%
Country men 177,687 70.56%
Country women 136,290 55.86%
Source: 2011 census result

Administrative division

The district was divided into three circles (within the Sonitpur district) at the last census in 2011.

Population in the Circles
Biswanath Gohpur Helem
number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of
TOTAL 346,624 100% 121,830 100% 144.037 100%
Men 176.434 50.90% 62,000 50.89% 72,800 50.54%
Women 170.190 49.10% 59,830 49.11% 71,237 49.46%
city 19,145 5.52% 8,038 6.60% 4.185 2.91%
country 327.479 94.48% 113,792 93.40% 139,852 97.09%

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biswanath District: Census 2011 data
  2. ^ Result of the 2011 census on city population
  3. ^ District Census Handbook for Sonitpur, to which the area then belonged

Coordinates: 26 ° 43 ′ 48 ″  N , 93 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  E