Marigaon
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| State : | Assam | ||
| District : | Marigaon | ||
| Location : | 26 ° 15 ′ N , 92 ° 21 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 29,164 (2011) | ||
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Marigaon is a city in the Indian state of Assam .
The city is the capital of the Marigaon district . Marigaon has the status of a municipal board . The city is divided into 8 wards . On the cut-off date of the 2011 census, it had 29,164 inhabitants, of which 14,793 were men and 14,371 women. Hindus make up the majority of the city's population with a share of over 77%. Muslims form a minority of over 21%. The literacy rate in 2011 was 89.4%, well above the national average. 15.1% belong to the Scheduled Tribes .
Marigaon Station is on the main Guwahati – Lumding line under the Indian Railways' Northeast Frontier Railway zone .