Karimganj Explained

Karimganj
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Assam#India#Asia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Coordinates:24.87°N 92.35°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Assam
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Karimganj
Government Type:Municipality
Governing Body:Karimganj Municipality Board
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:13
Population Total:56,854
Population As Of:2011
Population Rank:22
Population Density Km2:16.09
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Bengali and Meitei (Manipuri)
Demographics1 Title2:Regional
Demographics1 Info2:Sylheti[1]
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:788710 to 788713
Registration Plate:AS 10
Iso Code:IN-AS

Karimganj is a town in the Karimganj District of the Indian state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Karimganj town is located at .[2] The area of Karimganj Town is 16.09 km2. It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet).

Demographics

Bengali and Meitei (Manipuri) are the official languages of this place.[3] [4]

As per as the official census of 2011, Karimganj Town had a population of 56,854 of which 28,473 are males while 28,381 are females. Children in the age group of 0 to 6 years were 4,946. Karimganj had a literacy rate of 86.35%, out of which male literacy was 87.91% and female literacy was 84.78%. The sex ratio is 996. There were 12,234 households as of 2011.[5] [6]

Educational institutes

Various educational institutions and Higher secondary are well established and run by the government in karimganj.Among them most notable are-

Located at (22.6 km) away from the town.The only first State Govt-Engineering college in the entire Barak valley.

Some degree colleges-.[8]

Player ground-

All the college's in Karimganj are partnered (affiliated) to Assam University.[9]

Religion

Most of the people in the town follow Hinduism, with significant followers of Islam and a small Christian and Jain population.

Politics

Karimganj consists of five assembly constituencies: Karimganj North and Karimganj South, Badarpur, Patharkandi, and Ratabari; all of which are part of Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[10]

Notable people

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sylheti . Ethnologue . 1 August 2019 . en.
  2. Web site: redirect to /world/IN/00/Karimganj.html. www.fallingrain.com. 6 January 2020.
  3. News: Govt withdraws Assamese as official language from Barak valley. Press Trust of India. 9 September 2014. Business Standard India. 1 August 2019.
  4. News: Purkayastha . Biswa Kalyan . 24 February 2024 . Assam recognises Manipuri as associate official language in four districts . Hindustan Times . 26 February 2024.
  5. Web site: 2011 Census - Karimganj (MB) . censusindia.gov.in . 16 September 2019.
  6. Web site: District Census Handbook - Karimganj . 16 September 2019.
  7. Web site: Barak Valley Engineering College. 23 April 2023.
  8. Web site: List of All Colleges In Karimganj, Assam. 21 April 2023.
  9. Web site: Assam University, Silchar - Affiliated Colleges, Assam. 21 April 2023.
  10. Web site: List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies . 5 October 2008 . Assam . 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 .
  11. News: Constituency Watch: Which way blow waves of minority and tea workers in Karimganj? . 23 September 2020 . Northeast Now . 17 April 2019.
  12. Web site: Kripanath Mallah(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Karimganj (Assam) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . myneta.info . 23 September 2020.
  13. Web site: Bijoy Malakar(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- RATABARI (SC)(KARIMGANJ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . 13 March 2023 . myneta.info.