Dibrugarh (District)

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Dibrugarh District
District map
State Assam
Administrative headquarters : Dibrugarh
Area : 3381 km²
Residents : 1,326,335 (2011)
Population density : 392 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.dibrugarh.gov.in

Dibrugarh is a district in the east of the Indian state of Assam .

The area is 3381 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name Dibrugarh .

history

The district was formed in 1976 from parts of the Lakhimpur district . In 1989 Tinsukia was separated and made into a separate district, which reduced the area and population.

population

The population was 1,326,335 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 11.92%. Dibrugarh has a gender ratio of 961 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 76.05% in 2011 , an increase of almost 8 percentage points compared to 2001. This means that literacy is above the national average. Almost 90.4% of the population are Hindus , approx. 4.9% are Muslims , approx. 4.0% are Christians , approx. 0.4% are Buddhists , approx. 0.2% are Sikhs , approx. 1% are Jainas and approx. 0.2% did not declare any religious affiliation or practiced other religions. Children under 6 years of age are 12.3% of the population. More than half of the population belong to indigenous tribes and the Adivasi.

Almost 18.4% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Dibrugarh with 139,565 inhabitants.

economy

The agriculture is the predominant source of income for most residents. The district is tea , rice and sugar cane grown. There is also an oil refinery and coal mines.

Web links

Individual evidence

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