Dhubri (District)

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Dhubri District
District map
State Assam
Administrative headquarters : Dhubri
Area : 2176 km²
Residents : 1,949,258 (2011)
Population density : 896 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.dhubri.gov.in
Dhubri

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

The area is 2176 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name Dhubri .

history

In 2015, South Salmara-Mankachar was separated and made into a separate district, reducing the area and population.

population

The population was 1,949,258 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 24.44%, which is high. Dhubri has a gender ratio of 953 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 58.34% in 2011 , an increase of almost 10 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus well below the national average. Almost 79.7% of the population are Muslim , approx. 20.0% are Hindus , approx. 0.2% are Christians , approx. 0.1% are Jainas and approx. 0.1% did not indicate any religious affiliation or practiced any other Religions. 18.9% of the population are children under 6 years of age.

Almost 10.5% of the population live in cities.

economy

The economy of Dhubri District is primarily based on agricultural and forest products.

Web links

Commons : Dhubri 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 .