West Karbi Anglong

West Karbi Anglong District
State	Assam
Administrative headquarters :	Hamren
Area :	3073 km²
Residents :	295,358 (2011)
Population density :	96 people / km²

West Karbi Anglong is a district in the Indian state of Assam . The administrative seat is in Hamren .

history

The district was created in 2015 from parts of the Karbi Anglong district. At that time, the western part of the previous Karbi Anglong district, the Circle (Kreis) Donka, split off from the Karbi Anglong district and formed the new West Karbi Anglong district.

population

According to the 2011 census, West Karbi Anglong District has a population of 295,358. With 96 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is densely populated. The district is still rural. Of the 295,358 residents, 277,495 people (93.95%) live in rural areas and 17,863 people in urban communities.

The West Karbi Anglong District is one of the areas of India that has a high number of members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). They included (2011) 193,518 people (65.52 percent of the district's population). There are also 11,438 Dalits ( scheduled castes ) (3.87 per cent of the district population) in the district.

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the West Karbi Anglong District has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was 19.5 percent (19.50%). In these ten years the population increased by over 48,000 people. The following table illustrates the development:

Significant places

With the district capital Hamren and Donkamokam, there are only two villages in the district that count as cities (notified towns).

District population by gender

In 2011, the district had more male than female residents, which is common in India. Of the total population of 295,358 people, 151,187 (51.19 percent of the population) were males and 144,171 (48.81 percent of the population) were females. Among the youngest residents (52,135 people under 7 years of age), 26,503 people (50.84%) are male and 25,632 (49.16%) are female.

District population by language

The population of the West Karbi Anglong District is linguistically very mixed. Almost half of the population speaks Karbi. Major minority languages, each with over 10,000 speakers, are Bhojpuri, Nepali, Bengali, Garo, Lalung and Assami. Dozens of other languages will follow. The following table shows the most widely used languages:

year	Karbi		Bhojpuri		Nepali		Bengali		Garo		Lalung		Assami		Hindi		Khasi		Dimasa		Bodo		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	146,747	49.68	30,623	10.37	20,626	6.98	17,394	5.89	16,930	5.73	16,043	5.43	13,846	4.69	9,383	3.18	6,758	2.29	4,272	1.45	3,747	1.27	295,358	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

Population of the district by confession

The Hindus make up a clear majority of the population. The majority of the Karbi, the Assamese, the majority of the Bengal, the Hindi and the Dimasa belong to their followers. The Christians are a significant minority. They include a majority of the Garo and Khasi and a minority of the Karbi. The following table shows the exact religious composition of the population:

year	Buddhists		Christians		Hindus		Jainas		Muslims		Sikhs		Other		not specified		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	493	0.17	56,538	19.14	234.833	79.51	60	0.02	1,233	0.42	57	0.02	1,827	0.62	317	0.11	295,358	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

education

Thanks to significant efforts, literacy is increasing. Yet it is deep. Just under 63 percent of the population can read and write. In urban areas, more than 84 percent can read and write. In the countryside, on the other hand, it is just under 62 percent. The strong differences between the sexes and the urban / rural population are typical of Indian conditions.

Literacy in West Karbi Anglong District
unit	2011 census
unit	number	proportion of
TOTAL	154.080	63.35%
Men	87,444	70.13%
Women	66,636	56.21%
TOTAL CITY	12,905	84.78%
City men	6,933	89.96%
City women	5,972	79.48%
TOTAL COUNTRY	141.175	61.92%
Country men	80,511	68.83%
Country women	60,664	54.64%
Source: 2011 census result

Web links

Map of the districts of Assam with West Karbi Anglong

Individual evidence

25.51 92.32Coordinates: 25 ° 30 ′ 36 ″ N , 92 ° 19 ′ 12 ″ E

[1] West Karbi Anglong District: Census 2011 data

[2] Result of the 2011 census on city population

[3] Result of the 2011 census on Censusindia