Bongaigaon (District)

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Bongaigaon District
District map
State Assam
Administrative headquarters : Bongaigaon
Area : 1093 km²
Residents : 738,804 (2011)
Population density : 676 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.bongaigaon.gov.in
Hospital in Bongaigaon

Bongaigaon is a district in the west of the Indian state of Assam .

The area is 1093 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name, Bongaigaon .

history

The district was created in 1989 from parts of the districts Goalpara and Kokrajhar . In 2004, Chirang was separated and became a separate district, which reduced the area and population.

population

The population was 738,804 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 20.59%. Bongaigaon has a gender ratio of 966 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. In 2011 the district had a literacy rate of 69.74%, an increase of almost 7 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus below the national average. Almost 50.2% of the population are Muslims , approx. 48.6% are Hindus , approx. 0.8% are Christians , approx. 0.1% each are Sikhs or Jainas and approx. 0.2% indicated no religious affiliation or practiced other religions. 15.8% of the population are children under 6 years of age. Many residents belong to the Bengal people .

Almost 14.9% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Bongaigaon with 109,810 inhabitants.

economy

The agriculture is the predominant source of income for most residents.

Web links

Commons : Bongaigaon District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
  2. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .