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Bajali district

Bajali district was the district of the Indian state of Assam, carved out of Barpeta district.[1] The Assam Cabinet headed by former Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal approved the proposal to make Bajali a full-fledged district on 10 August 2020.[2] On 12 January 2021 Bajali was formally declared as a district.[3]

Bajali district
Bajali district
Location in Assam
Country India
StateAssam
DivisionLower Assam
Established12 January 2021
HeadquartersPathsala
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesKokrajhar, Barpeta
Area
 • Total418 km2 (161 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total253,816
 • Density610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)

On 31 December 2022, the district was remerged with existing Barpeta district.[4]

Bajali comprises parts of Bajali, Jalah and Sarupeta circles.

Demographics

Languages of Bajali district (2011)[5]

  Assamese (74.48%)
  Bengali (20.90%)
  Boro (4.28%)
  others (0.34%)

According to the 2011 census, Bajali district has a population of 253,876. Indigenous Scheduled Castes notably the Kaibarta-Jalkeot community and Scheduled Tribes notably the Boro community make up 19,192 (7.56%) and 11,486 (4.52%) of the population respectively. 189,075 of the population spoke Assamese, 53,052 Bengali, 10,877 Boro and 0.36% speaks other minority languages.

Religions in Bajali district (2011)[6]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
67.90%
Islam
31.91%
Other or not stated
0.19%

The district religious composition are as follows: Hindu 172,388, Muslim 81,003 and others at 485 as per 2011 census report.

References

  1. ^ "Bajali becomes Assam's 34th district". thenewsmill.com. 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  2. ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (2020-08-10). "'Bajali' to become the 34th full-fledged district of Assam - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  3. ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (2021-01-13). "'Bajali' Becomes the 34th Full-Fledged District of Assam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  4. ^ Tribune, The Assam (2022-12-31). "Assam: Four districts to re-merge with existing districts". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  5. ^ 2011 census of India - Population by Mother Tongue
  6. ^ "C-16 Population By Religion - Assam". census.gov.in.

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