Bajali district

Bajali district
District of Assam
Bajali college
Bajali college
Location in Assam
Location in Assam
Map
Bajali district
Country India
StateAssam
DivisionLower Assam
Established12 January 2021
HeadquartersPathsala
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesKokrajhar, Barpeta
Area
 • Total
418 km2 (161 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
253,816
 • Density610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Websitehttps://bajali.assam.gov.in/

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

However, on August 25, 2023, the Assam cabinet made an announcement regarding the restoration of the district status of Bajali[5] and on October 12, Bajali again became a district.[6]

Bajali comprised parts of Bajali, Jalah and Sarupeta circles. Dolor Pathar is the most popular village under bajali district And Pathsala is main town of the district.

Demographics

Religions in Bajali district (2011)[7]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 67.90%
Islam
 
 31.91%
Other or not stated
 
 0.19%

According to the 2011 census, erstwhile Bajali district has a population of 253,876, of which 11,242 (4.43%) live in urban areas. Bajali has a sex ratio of 978 females per 1000 males. 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.[8]

Population of circles by religion
Circle Hindus (%) Muslims (%) Others (%)
Bajali (Pt) 94.51 5.34 0.15
Sarupeta (Pt) 43.89 55.92 0.19
Jalah (Pt) 86.32 13.54 0.14

The district religious composition are as follows: Hindu 172,388, Muslim 81,003 and others at 485 as per 2011 census report.[7]

Languages of Bajali district (2011)[9]

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

189,075 of the population spoke Assamese, 53,052 Bengali, 10,877 Boro and 0.36% speaks other minority languages.[9]

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. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (2021-01-13). "'Bajali' Becomes the 34th Full-Fledged District of Assam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Tribune, The Assam (2022-12-31). "Assam: Four districts to re-merge with existing districts". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  5. ^ "Assam Cabinet decides to 'create' 4 districts". The Hindu. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  6. ^ Roushan, Anurag; India TV (2023-10-12). "Assam government notifies new Bajali district by bifurcating Barpeta | DETAILS INSIDE". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  7. ^ a b "Table C-01 Population By Religion: Assam". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  8. ^ "District Census Handbook: Barpeta" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  9. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population By Mother Tongue: Assam". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.