Jorhat (District)

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Jorhat District
District map
State Assam
Administrative headquarters : Jorhat
Area : 2851 km²
Residents : 1,092,256 (2011)
Population density : 383 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.jorhat.gov.in

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

The area is 2851 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name Jorhat .

history

The kings of the Ahom dynasty moved the capital of their kingdom to Jorhat in 1794. This city was a thriving and commercial metropolis, but was completely destroyed after a series of Burmese invasions by 1817. In 1824 control of the region fell to the British .

The modern district emerged in 1983 from parts of the Sivasagar district .

population

The population was 1,092,256 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 11.92%. Jorhat has a gender ratio of 962 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 82.15% in 2011 , an increase of almost 6 percentage points compared to 2001. This means that literacy is above the national average. Almost 92.3% of the population are Hindus , approx. 5.0% are Muslims , approx. 1.9% are Christians , approx. 0.2% are Buddhists , approx. 0.1% are Sikhs , approx. 0, 1% are Jainas and approx. 0.4% did not declare any religious affiliation or practiced other religions. Children under 6 years of age are 11.4% of the population. Members of the Ahom and various Adivasi tribes live in the district .

Almost 20.2% of the population live in cities. The largest agglomeration is Jorhat with 153,889 inhabitants.

Web links

Commons : Jorhat District  - Collection of pictures, 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 .