KARBI ANGLONG DISTRICT AT A GLANCE

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KARBI ANGLONG DISTRICT AT A GLANCE

INTRUDUCTION :

The people of Assam saw the birth of a new district i.e. the United Mikir and North Cachar Hills District on the 17th November'1951 . The new district was formally created on the aforesaid date vide Govt. notification No. TAD/R.31/50/201 Dtd. the 3rd November'1951 with some parts of the districts of Sivasagar (now Golaghat), Nagaon,Cachar and United Khasi and Jayantia Hills district of present Meghalaya for all round development of the tribal folk of the Central Assam. This was followed by bifurcation of the erstwhile district of United Mikir and North Cachar Hills district into two seperate districts under banner as "Mikir Hills" and North Cachar Hills district in the year 1970. The Mikir Hill district was again rechristened as "Karbi Anglong District" w.e.f the 14th October'1976 vide Govt. Notification No. TAD/R/115/74/47 Dtd. 14-10-1976. Thus Karbi Anglong came into being as a full fledged separate district in the map of Assam with its Head quarter at diphu. The district enjoys autonomy under the provision of Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. It is the Largest district of Assam.

LOCATION :

Map of Assam

The Karbi Anglong Distrcit is situated in the central part of Assam. It is bounded by Golaghat district in the east, Meghalaya and Morigaon district in the west, Nagaon and Golaghat district in the north and N.C. Hills district and Nagaland in the south. The district with dense tropical forest covered hills and flat plains is situated between 25⁰ 33' N to 26⁰35' N Latitude and 92⁰10' to 93⁰50' E Longitude.

CLIMATE :

Due to variation in the topography, this hill zone experiences different climates in different parts. The winter commences from October and continues till February. During Summer, the atmosphere becomes sultry. The temperature ranges from 6 degree to 12 degree and 23 degree to 32 degree Celcius in summer. The average rainfall is about 2416 mm.

POPULATION PATTERN :

The population of the district is predominantly tribal. The major tribal ethnic groups of this district are Karbis, Bodos, Kukis, Dimasas, Hmars, Garos, Rengma Nagas, Tiwas, Man(Tai Speaking’s). Besides, a large number of non-tribals also live together in this hill region.

GEOGRAPHICAL :

A ) RIVERS:

There are numerous rivers and tributories in this district. Among these, the most important are as named below :-

Sl.No.	Name of the River	Sl.No.	Name of the River
1	Kopili River	7	Nambor River
2	Amreng River	8	Deopani River
3	Borpani River	9	Jamuna River
4	Kolioni River	10	Patradisha River
5	Dhansiri river	11	Longnit River
6	Dikharu River	12	Doigrung River

B) FORESTS.:

The forest area covered is about 4,922.019 sq. km with 14 State R.F. and 17 District Council R.F. in the district.

Even though, the district is dotted with hills, a few of which can be categorized into Mountain. Among them, the highest is the Singhason Peak which is at about 1360 metres above the sea level.

D) NATURAL RESOURCES :

MINERALS : There are different kinds of minerals found in this hill district which are as below :-

Lime stone :- Found in the Dillai and Sainilangso.
China-clay :- Found in Upper Deopani and Silonijan area.
Feldspar :- Found in Koilajan area.
Coal :- Found in Koilajan and Silbheta.

AGRICULTURE :

The district is basically an agricultural district. Different types of agricultural crops are cultivated among which paddy is the main crop. Except for the valleys, the people follow the jhum system of cultivation.

ROADS AND COMMUNICATION :

The district is well connected with other districts through various routes. On the north it is covered by NH-37 and on the east by NH-39. The internal routes are covered by the P.W.D.

RAILWAYS :

The N.F. railways passes through the district touching only a few points along the boundary. They are Hawaipur, Lamsakhang, Borlangphar, Langsoliet, Nilalung, Diphu, Doldoloi, Dhansiri, Rongapahar, Khotkhoti and Bokajan.

AIRPORTS :

There is no airport in the district. The airport in Dimapur is 54 km away from Diphu being the nearest to the district.

INDUSTRIES:

Although the district is abundant in raw materials only a few industries have come up. They are as shown below :-

A. 1.Bokajan Cement Plant ; 2. Karbi Chemical Mini Cement Plant ( under construction)

B. AGRO-BASE :- 1. Rubber Plantation Industry ; 2. Citronella Plantation Industry ;

C. TEA GARDEN :- There are a total of 12 (Twelve) numbers of Tea Gardens in the district which are :

Sl. No	Name of the Garden	Sl.No.	Name of the Garden
1	Nambor Nadi T.E	7	Sobhoneswari T.E
2	Deopani T.E.	8	Ramanagar T.E
3	Borpathar T.E	9	Lahorijan T.E.
4	Dhansiri T.E	10	Lengri T.E
5	Banaspati T.E	11	Nirmal T.E
6	Methunguri T.E	12	Methoni T.E

GENERAL DATA OF KARBI ANGLONG DISTRICT

1. Area(As per 2001 Census)

Total	Rural	Urban
10,434 Sq.Km	10,397 Sq.Km	37 Sq. km.

2. a) Population

	As per 1991 census			As per 2001 census
Parameters	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban
Population	6,62,723	5,92,257	70,466	8,13,311	7,21,381	91,930
SC Population	27,991	25,913	2,078	29,520	26,977	2,543
ST Population	3,41,718	3,19,207	22,511	4,52,963	4,17,150	35,813
Male	3,47,607	3,08,543	39,064	4,22,250	3,73,300	48,950
Female	3,15,116	2,83,714	31,402	3,91,061	3,48,081	42,980
Literate	2,37,788	1,95,568	42,220	3,82,574	3,18,427	64,147
Total workers	2,52,123	2,30,265	21,858	3,30,480	3,01,889	28,591

2. b) Townwise Population :-

Sl. No.	Name of the Town	Population
		As per 1991 Census	As per 2001 Census
		Total	Total	SC	ST
1	Diphu (C-class III)	39,551	52,310	1,366	20,288
2	Bokajan (D-class IV)	11,008	14,219	223	829
3	Donkamokam (E-class V)	8,147	8,240	370	5705
4	Dokmoka (F-class VI)	4,091	4,664	53	2,177
5	Hamren (F-class VI)	3,771	8,445	132	6,233
6	Howraghat (F-class VI)	3,718	4,052	399	581

3. Density of Population : 78 per Sq. Km.( As per 2001 census)

4. Sex Ratio :- 922 females/1000 males ( As per 2001 census)

5. Total No. of villages: : 2633 (As per 2001 census)

6. Literacy Rate :

As per 1991 census			As per 2001 census
Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
35.89 %	23.17 %	12.72 %	47.04 %	60.81 %	39.19 %

7. District Headquarter: - Diphu.

8. Sub-Division :- Three : 1. Diphu (Sadar Sub-Division, H.Q.-Diphu)
2. Bokajan (Civil Sub-Division, H.Q-Bokajan)
3. Hamren (Civil Sub-Division, H.Q.-Hamren).

9. Police Station and Police Out-post (Sub-Division and P.S. wise):

Sl. No.	Name of Sub-Division		Name of P.S.		Name of Out Post
1.	Diphu Sadar Sub-Divn.	1.	Diphu P.S.	1.	Diphu Town O.P.
				2.	Manja O.P.
				3.	Dhansiri O.P.
		2.	Howraghat P.S.	1.	Bakulia O.P.
				2.	Dokmoka O.P.
				3.	Uttorborbil O.P.
2.	Bokajan Civil Sub-Divn.	1.	Bokajan P.S.	1.	Dillai O.P.
				2.	Borpathar O.P.
				3.	Khotkhoti O.P.
3.	Hamren Civil Sub-Divn.	1.	Baithalangso P.S.	1.	Donkamokam O.P.
		1.	Baithalangso P.S.	2.	Ulukunchi O.P.
		2.	Hamren P.S.
		3.	Kheroni P.S.

10. Border Out Post :- 10 (ten)

1. Lahorijan. (Assam-Nagaland Border)
2. Sankartilla "
3. Monglamukh "
4. Doldoli "
5. Daujingphang "
6. Rongapahar "
7. Khanduli ( Assam-Meghalaya Border)
8. Mokoiram ( " )
9. Sabuda ( " )
10. Mukroh ( " )

11. Development Blocks and its headquarters(Sub-Division-wise) :-

Sl.No.	Name of Sub-Divn.		Name of Blocks	Headquarters
1.	Diphu Sadar Sub-Divn.	1.	Lumbajong Dev. Block	Manja.
		2.	Howraghat Dev. Block	Howraghat.
		3.	Samelangso Dev. Block	Dokmoka
		4.	Langsomepi Dev. Block	Bakulia
2.	Bokajan Civil Subdivn.	1.	Bokajan Dev. Block	Bokajan
		2.	Nilip Dev. Block	Chowkihola.
		3.	Rongmongwe Dev. Block.	Kath Teron.
3.	Hamren Civil Sub-Divn.	1.	Rongkhang Dev. Block.	Donkamokam.
		2.	Socheng Dev. Block.	Zirikinding.
		3.	Chinthong Dev. Block.	Hamren.
		4.	Amri Dev. Block.	Ulukunchi.

12. Revenue Circle and its Headquarters (Sub-Division-wise) :

Sl.No.	Name of Sub-Division		Name of Circle	Headquarters
1.	Diphu Sadar Sub-Divn.	1.	Diphu	Diphu.
1.	Diphu Sadar Sub-Divn.	2.	Phuloni	Phuloni
2.	Bokajan Civil Sub-Divn.	1.	Silonijan	Silonijan
3.	Hamren Civil Sub-Divn.	1.	Donkamokam	Donkamokam

13. Mouza (Sub-Division-wise) :

Sl.No.	Name of Sub-Divn.		Name of Mouza
1.	Diphu Sadar Sub-Divn.	1.	Nomati
		2.	Langfer
		3.	Duardisha - I
		4.	Duardisha - II
		5.	West Rengma
		6.	Duar Dikharu
		7.	Duar Bamuni
		8.	Duar Salona
		9.	Jamunapar
		10.	Borjan - I
		11.	Langlokso
		12.	Phuloni
		13.	Langhin
		14.	Howraghat
2.	Bokajan Civil Sub-Divn.	1	Borjan - II
		2.	Borpathar
		3.	Sarupathar
		4.	East Rengma
		5.	Duar Bagori
3.	Hamren	1.	Duar-Amla
		2.	Block - I
		3.	Block - II
		4.	East Rongkhang
		5.	West Rongkhang

14.(A) State Reserve Forests :

Under Karbi Anglong West Division

Sl. No.	RESERVE FOREST	AREA (In Sq. Kms)
1	Dhansiri R.F.	770.38
2	Daldali R.F.	123.32
3	Disama R.F.	112.15
4	Kaki 1st Addition R.F.	121.49

Under Karbi Anglong East Division

Sl. No.	RESERVE FOREST	AREA (In Sq. Kms)
1	Mikir Hills R.F.	221.81
2	Kaliyani R.F.	208.96
3	Nambor R.F. ( N. Block)	53.09
4	Nambor R.F. ( W. Block)	166.33
5	Chelabor R.F.	33.54
6	Sildharampur R.F.	15.75
7	Jungthung R.F.	32.56

Under Hamren Division

Sl. No.	RESERVE FOREST	AREA (In Sq. Kms)
1	Amreng R.F. ( Addition)	56.94
2	Jokota R.F.	12.35
3	Rongkhang R.F.	33.39

(B) District Council Reserve Forests :-

Under Karbi Anglong West Division

Sl. No.	DISTRICT COUNCIL RESERVE FOREST	AREA (In Sq. Kms)
1	Miyungdisa D.C.R.F.	143.92
2	Tamulbari D.C. R.F.	13.86
3	Englongkiri D.C.R.F.	74.32
4	Borlongpher D.C.R.F.	77.31
5	Matipung D.C.R.F	33.00
6	Langcholiate D.C.R.F	1.60

Under Karbi Anglong East Division

Sl. No.	DISTRICT COUNCIL RESERVE FOREST	AREA (In Sq. Kms)
1	Longnit D.C.R.F.	117.62
2	Patradisa D.C. R.F.	67.33
3	Hidipi D.C.R.F.	20.08
4	Jamuna D.C.R.F.	11.30
5	Mahamaya D.C.R.F	5.58
6	Khanbamon D.C.R.F	165.50
7	Haithapahar D.C.R.F.	54.39

Under Hamren Division

Sl. No.	DISTRICT COUNCIL RESERVE FOREST	AREA (In Sq. Kms)
1	Kolonga D.C.R.F.	17.35
2	Amreng 1st Addition D.C.R.F.	5.80
3	Amreng 2nd Addition D.C.R.F.	56.30
4	Sarchim D.C.R.F.	146.00

15. District Boundary :

A. Inter-District Boundary :

1. Karbi Anglong-Golaghat.
2. Karbi Anglong-Nagaon.
3. Karbi Anglong-Morigaon.
4. Karbi Anglong-N.C.Hills.

B. Inter-State Boundary :

1. Assam-Nagaland.
2. Assam-Meghalaya.

C. International Boundary : NIL.

16. Parliamentary Constituency : 1 (One) 3-Autonomous Dist.(ST)Parliamentary Constituency

The Parlimentary Constituency comprising of 5(Five) L.A. segments namely :-

(1) 16-Haflong (ST) [ N.C. Hills District ]
(2) 17-Bokajan (ST) [ Karbi Anglong District ]
(3) 18-Howraghat (ST) [ - do - ]
(4) 19-Diphu (ST) and [ - do - ]
(5) 20-Baithalangso (ST). [ - do - ]

17. Legislative Assembly Constituency: 4 (Four)

Sl. No.	Name of the L.A.C.	Name of the Sitting MLA	Party Affiliation
1	17-BOKAJAN (ST)	Sri Jagat Sing Engti	ASDC(United)
2	18-HOWRAGHAT(ST)	Sri Dharam Sing Teron	ASDC (United)
3	19-DIPHU (ST)	Sri Bidya Sing Engleng	INC
4	20-BAITHALANGSO (ST)	Sri Rupon Sing Ronghang	INC

18. Formation of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council Executive Body :

Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council consists of 26(Twenty-Six) Constituencies excluding 4(four) nominated seats headed by Chief Executive Member.

The constituencies of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council are as follows :

Sl.No.	Name of D/C Constituencies	Sl.No.	Name of D/C Constituencies
1.	Duar-Amla	14.	Karkanthi
2.	Amri	15.	Mohamaya
3.	Chinthong	16.	Namati
4.	Socheng	17.	Socheng Dhenta
5.	Rongkhang	18.	Lumbajong
6.	Bithung Rengthema	19.	Dhansiri
7.	Kopili	20.	Singhason
8.	Hamren	21.	Borjan
9.	Amreng	22.	Sarupathar
10.	Howraghat	23.	Bokajan
11.	Langpher	24.	Deopani
12.	Phuloni	25.	Nilip
13.	Langhin	26.	Duarbagori

19. Colleges :

1. Diphu Govt. College - Diphu
2. Diphu Girls College - Diphu
3. Thongnok Bey College - Dokmoka
4. Rangsina College - Donkamokam
5. Bokajan College - Bokajan
6. Rukasen College - Bakulia
7. Diphu Law College - Diphu
8. Diphu B.Ed. College - Diphu

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