Majuli (district)

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Majuli district
District map
State Assam
Administrative headquarters : Garamur
Area : 787 km²
Residents : 167,304 (2011)
Population density : 213 inhabitants / km²

Majuli is a district in the Indian state of Assam . The administrative seat is Garamur .

history

The district was created in 2016 from parts of the Jorhat district. At that time the Circle (Kreis) Majuli split off from the rest of the Jorhat District and formed the new Majuli District.

population

According to the 2011 census, the Majuli district has 167,304 inhabitants. With 213 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is very densely populated. The district is still rural. All 167,304 residents live in rural communities.

The Majuli district is one of the areas of India that has a high number of members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). They included (2011) 77,603 people (46.38 percent of the district's population). There are also 23,878 Dalits ( scheduled castes ) (14.27 per cent of the district population) in the district.

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Majuli district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was 9.1 percent (9.06%). In these ten years the population increased by around 14,000 people. The following table illustrates the development:

Significant places

There are no cities in the entire district (cities and towns known as notified towns). The place with the most inhabitants is Ratanpur Miri Gaon with 5,085 inhabitants.

District population by gender

In 2011, the district had more male than female residents, which is common in India. Of the total population of 167,304 people, 85,566 (51.14 percent of the population) were male and 81,738 (48.86%) female. Among the youngest residents (22,062 people under 7 years of age), 11,324 people (51.33%) are male and 10,738 people (48.67%) are female.

District population by language

The population of the Majuli district is linguistically fairly uniform. The two main languages ​​Bengali and Miri / Mikir are spoken by over 95 percent of the population. The following table shows the most widely used languages:

year Bengali Miri / Mikir Assami Deori Hindi Nepali Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number %
2011 91.147 54.48 68,608 41.01 2,774 1.66 2,036 1.22 1,499 0.90 773 0.46 167,304 100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

Population of the district by confession

Almost the entire population consists of followers of Hinduism. 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 4th 0.00 255 0.15 165.699 99.04 10 0.01 592 0.35 16 0.01 524 0.31 204 0.14 167,304 100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

education

Thanks to significant efforts, literacy is increasing. Almost 79 percent of the population can read and write. The strong differences between the sexes are typical of Indian conditions.

Literacy in the Majuli district
unit 2011 census
number proportion of
TOTAL 114.107 78.56%
Men 63,969 86.16%
Women 50,138 70.62%
Source: 2011 census result

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Majuli District: Census 2011 data
  2. ^ Result of the 2011 census on Censusindia

Coordinates: 26 ° 34 ′ 12 ″  N , 94 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E