Hailakandi (District)

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Hailakandi
District হাইলাকান্দি জেলা
হাইলাকান্দি জিলা
District map
State Assam
Administrative headquarters : Hailakandi
Area : 1,326 km²
Residents : 659,260 (2011)
Population density : 497 inhabitants / km²
Website : hailakandi.gov.in

The district of Hailakandi ( Bengali হাইলাকান্দি জেলা , Assamese হাইলাকান্দি জিলা ) is a district of the Indian state of Assam . The administrative seat is the eponymous city of Hailakandi .

geography

The district of Hailakandi is located in the Barak Valley in southern Assam. Neighboring districts are Karimganj in the west, Cachar in the northeast, Kolasib in the southeast and Mamit in the south. The last two already belong to the neighboring state of Mizoram .

The area of ​​the Hailakandi district is 1,326 square kilometers. This makes it the third smallest district of Assam. The district area has an elongated shape. It consists of the valley of the Dhaleswari River, which flows through the district from south to north before flowing into the Barak . In the west and east, the mountains that border the Barak valley protrude into the district area.

history

The story of Hailakandi is largely identical to that of Cachar . After the area came under British rule in 1832 , it was incorporated into the province of Assam as part of the Cachar district. In 1869 the Hailakandi subdivision was established within the Cachar district. As an independent district, Hailakandi split from Cachar in 1989.

population

According to the 2011 census, the Hailakandi district has 659,296 inhabitants. With 497 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is very densely populated. The district is still predominantly rural. Of the 659,296 residents, 611,156 people (92.70%) live in rural areas and 48,140 people in urban communities.

The district of Hailakandi belongs to the areas of India that are only sparsely populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). They included (2011) 691 people (0.10 percent of the district population). There are 70,659 Dalits ( scheduled castes ; 10.72 percent of the district population) in the district.

The majority of the population is made up of people who were born in the district. 620,551 people (94.12 percent of residents) were born in the district. A total of 5,596 people were born in other Indian states (including 2,482 people in Tripura, 600 people in West Bengal, 566 people in Bihar, 409 in Meghalaya and 377 people in Mizoram). Of the 1,933 foreign-born people, 1,574 are from Bangladesh.

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Hailakandi district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was 21.5 percent (21.45%). In these ten years the population increased by over 116,000 people. The following table illustrates the development:

Significant places

There are a total of three places in the district that are classified as towns and notified towns.

District population by gender

As is common in India, the district always had more male than female residents. Among the youngest residents (111,268 people under 7 years of age), the proportions are 56,936 men (51.17 percent) and 54,342 people (48.83 percent) women.

Distribution of the population by gender in the Hailakandi district
1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 2001 census 2011 census
number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of
TOTAL 248,927 100% 307,695 100% - - 449.048 100% 542.872 100% 659.296 100%
Men 130,766 52.53% 160.038 52.01% - - 232.735 51.83% 280,513 51.67% 337.890 51.25%
Women 118.161 47.47% 147,657 47.99% - - 216.313 48.17% 262,359 48.33% 321.406 48.75%

District population by language

Due to its location, the Barak Valley, to which the Hailakandi district belongs, has culturally strong affinities with Bengal. So the main language is Bengali . At the district level, it has an official status in Hailakandi as well as in the other two districts of the Barak Valley, alongside Assamese , the official language of Assam.

The linguistic minorities are concentrated in the Zillas (districts) Katlichara and Lala. The most widely spoken languages ​​are shown in the following table:

year Bengali Hindi Manipuri Kokbarak Bhojpuri Khasi Reang Bishnupria Manipuri Odia Tripuri Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number %
2011 558.045 84.64 51,041 7.74 12,637 1.92 9,445 1.43 7,638 1.16 4,639 0.70 3,102 0.47 2,351 0.36 2,096 0.32 1,396 0.21 659.296 100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

Population of the district by confession

A majority of the population is Muslim. In all Zillas, the Muslims are the most important religious community with shares between 50.00% (Katlichara) and 71.07% (Hailakandi). The Muslims clearly predominate in the Zillas Algapur and Hailakandi. The Zillas Katlichara (47.01 percent) and Lala (42.61 percent) have high proportions of Hindus. There is a small Christian minority in the Zillas Katlichara and Lala. This consists mainly of immigrants from other regions of India. 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 490 0.07 8,480 1.29 251.194 38.10 247 0.04 397,653 60.31 84 0.01 636 0.10 512 0.08 659.296 100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

education

Thanks to significant efforts, literacy has risen sharply in recent decades. In urban areas, almost 93 percent can read and write. In the countryside, on the other hand, only around 73 percent can. The strong differences between the sexes and the urban / rural population are typical of Indian conditions.

Literacy in the Hailakandi District
unit 2011 census
number proportion of
TOTAL 407.366 74.33%
Men 226.836 80.74%
Women 180,530 67.60%
TOTAL CITY 40,404 92.93%
City men 20,747 95.31%
City women 19,657 90.54%
TOTAL COUNTRY 366,962 72.73%
Country men 206.089 79.51%
Country women 160,873 65.57%
Source: 2011 census result

Administrative division

The district was divided into four zillas (circles) at the last census in 2011.

Population in the Zillas
Algapur Hailakandi Katlichara Lala
number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of
TOTAL 121,379 100% 166,897 100% 168,077 100% 202.943 100%
Men 62,627 51.60% 85,818 51.42% 86.005 51.17% 103,440 50.97%
Women 58,752 48.40% 81,079 48.58% 82,072 48.83% 99.503 49.03%
city 2,732 2.25% 33,637 20.15% 0 0% 11,771 5.80%
country 118,647 97.75% 133,260 79.85% 168,077 100% 191.172 94.20%

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hailakandi District: Census 2011 data
  2. ↑ A - 2 DECADAL VARIATION IN POPULATION SINCE 1901
  3. ^ Result of the 2011 census on city population
  4. ^ District Census Handbook for Hailakandi

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Coordinates: 24 ° 41 '  N , 92 ° 34'  E