Doom Dooma Explained

Doom Dooma
Other Name:Dum Duma
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Assam#India#Asia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Assam, India
Coordinates:27.57°N 95.57°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Assam
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Tinsukia
Governing Body:Doom Dooma Municipal Board
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:114
Population Total:21,572
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type2:Languages
Demographics2 Title1:Official
Demographics2 Info1:Assamese[1]
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:786151
Registration Plate:AS
Iso Code:IN-AS

Doom Dooma (Pron:/ˌduːm ˈduːmə/) is a town and a town committee in Tinsukia district in the state of Assam, India.

Demographics

Doom Dooma is a municipality area in district of Tinsukia, Assam. The town is divided into ten wards for which elections are held every five years. Doom Dooma has a population of 21,572 of which 11,476 are males and 10,096 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Population of children within age group 0-6 is 2423 which is 11.23 % of total population. The sex ratio is 880 against state average of 958. Child sex ratio in Doom Dooma is around 877 compared to Assam state average of 962. Literacy rate of Doom Dooma is 85.52 % which is higher than state average of 72.19 %. In Doom Dooma, male literacy is around 89.38 % and female literacy rate is 81.15 %.[2]

Doom Dooma town has total administration over 4,243 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorised to build roads within municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

The town has 80.75% Hindus and 17.98% Muslims.[2]

Majority of the population are adherents of Hinduism, followed by a large Muslim population.

Politics

Doom Dooma is part of Lakhimpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[3] Elections are held every five years just like in other parts of Assam and people participate in the elections as candidates or voters. Currently there are two political parties which are active in the region- the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Doom Dooma (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 125 assembly constituencies of Assam. In this recent election Bharatiya Janata party had won the election.

Education

DoomDooma College, established in 1967, is a general degree college affiliated to the Dibrugarh University.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 28 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171228171523/http://www.nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf. Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015) . 58–59 . Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India . 17 May 2018 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Census 2011- Doom Dooma . 17 May 2019.
  3. Web site: List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies . 6 October 2008 . Govt of India . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf . 4 May 2006 .
  4. Web site: Affiliated College of Dibrugarh University . 21 August 2020 . 11 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200511203812/https://dibru.ac.in/academics/colleges . dead .