Nalbari (District)

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Nalbari District
District map
State Assam
Administrative headquarters : Nalbari
Area : 1052 km²
Residents : 771,639 (2011)
Population density : 733 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.nalbari.gov.in

Nalbari is a district in the center of the Indian state of Assam .

The area is 1052 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name, Nalbari .

history

The district was established in 1985 from parts of the Kamrup district . In 2004 Baksa was separated and became a separate district, which reduced the area and population.

population

The population was 771,639 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 11.92%. Nalbari has a gender ratio of 949 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 78.63% in 2011 , an increase of almost 6 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus above the national average. Almost 63.7% of the population are Hindus , approx. 36.0% are Muslims , approx. 0.1% each are Christians and Jainas and approx. 0.1% did not indicate any religious affiliation or practiced other religions. Children under 6 years of age are 12.4% of the population.

Almost 10.7% of the population live in cities.

economy

The agriculture is the predominant source of income for most residents.

Web links

Commons : Nalbari District  - Collection of images, 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 .