Majuli (district)
Majuli district | |
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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 | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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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 |
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Coordinates: 26 ° 34 ′ 12 ″ N , 94 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ E