South Salmara-Mankachar

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South Salmara-Mankachar District
District map
State Assam
Administrative headquarters : Hatsingimari
Area : 568 km²
Residents : 555,114 (2011)
Population density : 98 inhabitants / km²

South Salmara-Mankachar is a district in the Indian state of Assam . The administrative seat is Hatsingimari .

history

The district was created in 2016 from parts of the Dhubri district. At that time, the Mankachar and South Salmara districts split off from the Dhubri district and formed the new South Salmara-Mankachar district.

population

According to the 2011 census, the South Salmara-Mankachar district has 555,114 inhabitants. With 98 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is rather sparsely populated. The district is rural. Of the 555,114 residents, 528,952 people (95.29%) live in rural areas and 26,126 people in urban communities.

The district of South Salmara-Mankachar belongs to the areas of India that are only sparsely populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). They included (2011) 4,032 people (0.73 percent of the district population). There are also 7,767 Dalits ( scheduled castes ) (1.40 per cent of the district population) in the district.

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the South Salmara-Mankachar district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was 26.5 percent (26.50%). In these ten years the population increased by over 116,000 people. The following table illustrates the development:

Significant places

With Mankachar (26,162 inhabitants) there is only one city in the district.

District population by gender

In 2011, the district had more male than female residents, which is common in India. However, the relationship between the two sexes was much more balanced than in other regions of India. Of the total population of 555,114 people, 282,027 (50.82 percent of the population) were male and 273,087 female. Among the youngest residents (118,697 people under 7 years of age), 59,841 people (50.41%) are male and 58,856 people (49.59%) are female.

District population by language

The population of the South Salmara-Mankachar district is linguistically mixed. Assami and Bengali, however, are the two dominant languages. In Circle Mankachar, 205,203 people (67.15 percent of the residents) spoke Assami and 90,536 people (29.63 percent of the residents) spoke Bengali. In the Circle South Salmara conditions were more balanced. There 119,852 people (48.04 percent of the residents) spoke Assami and 127,732 people (51.19 percent of the residents) Bengali. The following table shows the most widely used languages:

year Assami Bengali Hajong Hindi Bhatia cook Garo Bhojpuri Nepali Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number %
2011 325,055 58.56 218.268 39.32 2,490 0.45 2.406 0.43 1,195 0.22 1.104 0.20 706 0.13 347 0.06 347 0.06 555.114 100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

Population of the district by confession

The Muslims (Assamese and Bengalis) are the clear majority of the population. There is a significant minority of Hindus in Circle Mankachar (20,336 people or 6.65 percent of the population). The Circle South Salmara is almost entirely Muslim (98.03 percent of the population). 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 14th 0.00 1,119 0.20 24,925 4.49 273 0.05 528.440 95.19 28 0.01 3 0.00 312 0.06 555.114 100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

education

Thanks to significant efforts, literacy is increasing. It is still deep, as only half of the population can read and write. In urban areas, more than 71 percent can read and write. In the countryside, however, it is less than 50 percent. The strong differences between the sexes and the urban / rural population are typical of Indian conditions.

Literacy in the South Salmara-Mankachar District
unit 2011 census
number proportion of
TOTAL 221,511 50.76%
Men 122,417 55.10%
Women 99.094 46.26%
TOTAL CITY 16,058 71.94%
City men 8,579 76.33%
City women 7,479 67.49%
TOTAL COUNTRY 205,453 47.76%
Country men 113,838 51.86%
Country women 91,615 43.50%
Source: 2011 census result

Administrative division

The district was divided into two circles (in Dhubri district) at the last census in 2011.

Population in the Circles
Mankachar South Salmara
number proportion of number proportion of
TOTAL 305.606 100% 249.508 100%
Men 154,832 50.66% 127.195 50.98%
Women 150,774 49.34% 122,313 49.02%
city 26,162 8.56% 0 0%
country 279,444 91.44% 249.508 100%

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ South Salmara-Mankachar District: Census 2011 data
  2. ^ Result of the 2011 census on city population
  3. ^ District Census Handbook for Dhubri, to which the area belonged at the time

Coordinates: 25 ° 20 ′ 24 ″  N , 89 ° 35 ′ 24 ″  E