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Tamulpur
Tamulpur district, is an administrative district in Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, one of the North-Eastern states of India. The administrative headquartered at Tamulpur.

In 2021, the Cabinet of Assam, headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, approved the proposal to make Tamulpur a full-fledged district. On 23 January 2022 Tamulpur was formally created.

On 30 December 2022, Assam Government has decided to remerge it with Baksa district and From, 1 January 2023 the district ceased to exist. The decision came before delimitation process in the state.

However, on August 25, 2023, the Government revealed a new decision to recreate the district, covering the Tamulpur and Goreswar Assembly seats.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Tamulpur district had a population of 389,150, of which 5,631 (1.45%) live in urban areas. Tamulpur has a sex ratio of 970 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 42,246 (10.86%) and 121,321 (31.17%) of the population respectively.

Religion

Religions in Tamulpur district (2011)
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 83.36%
Islam
 
 12.97%
Christianity
 
 3.22%
Other or not stated
 
 0.45%

Hinduism is followed by 324,396 (83.36%) and is the majority religion. Muslims are 50,486 (12.97%) while Christians are 12,533 (3.22%).

Language

Languages of Tamulpur district (2011)

  Assamese (36.96%)
  Bodo (25.40%)
  Bengali (22.33%)
  Nepali (5.18%)
  Santali (4.67%)
  Sadri (0.96%)
  Rajbongshi (0.93%)
  Others (3.57%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 36.96% of the population spoke Assamese, 25.40% Boro, 22.33% Bengali, 5.18% Nepali and 4.67% Santali, 0.96% Sadri and 0.93% Rajbongshi as their first language.

References

  1. ^ "District Census Handbook: Baksa" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  2. ^ "Assam Budget 2021: Tamulpur Proposed To Be Created As New District". www.newsdaily24.in. 17 July 2021. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Assam Govt Forms Tamulpur As New District In State". www.sentinelassam.com. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ^ NEWS, NE NOW (31 December 2022). "Assam govt remerges Biswanath, Hojai, Bajali and Tamulpur with original districts". NORTHEAST NOW. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Assam Cabinet decides to 'create' 4 districts". The Hindu. 25 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Table C-01 Population By Religion: Assam". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  7. ^ "Table C-16 Population By Mother Tongue: Assam". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
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