Char Chapori | |
Pushpin Map: | India Assam |
Location: | Brahmaputra River & its tributaries |
Country: | India |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country Admin Divisions: | Assam |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | District |
Ethnic Groups: | Miya people, Mishing, Deori, Sonowal Kacharis, Koch, Ahom, Chutia, Kalita, Brahmin, Keot, Sut, Nath(yogi) groups |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 785102, 785104, 785105, 785110, 785106.781001, 788334 etc |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Char Chapori (Assamese: চৰ চাপৰি) is an area of Brahmaputra river and its tributaries in the Indian state Assam constitution of flood plain sediments. According to the Assam Government record, the Char Chapori covers 3,608 km2 of the Brahmaputra basin, or 4.6% of Assam's area.
The people of Char Chapori face a certain number of problems including soil erosion, over flooding, illiteracy, high population growth and organised hate crime against them.[1] [2]
Char Chapori bears maximum numbers of Minority Muslim .According to Government of Assam the population of approx. 24.90 lakhs. [3]