Karimganj
Karimganj | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Sribhumi | |
 Karimganj Central Bazaar | |
  Karimganj  Karimganj  Karimganj | |
| Coordinates: 24°52′N 92°21′E / 24.87°N 92.35°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Karimganj |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Karimganj Municipality Board |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 56,854 |
| • Rank | 22 |
| • Density | 16.09/km2 (41.7/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali and Meitei (Manipuri) |
| • Regional | Sylheti[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 788710 to 788713[2] |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-AS |
| Vehicle registration | AS 10 |
| Website | karimganj |
Karimganj, officially Sribhumi,[3] 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 24°52′N 92°21′E / 24.87°N 92.35°E.[4] The area of Karimganj Town is 16.09 km2. It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet).
Bengali and Meitei (Manipuri) are the official languages of the town.[5][6]
On 21 November 2024, the Assam government renamed Karimganj town as Sribhumi town.[3]
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]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.[7][8]
Religion
[edit]Religion in Karimganj Town (2011)[9]
Most of the people in the town follow Hinduism, with significant followers of Islam and a small Christian and Jain population.[9]
Politics
[edit]Karimganj is a part of Karimganj North Assembly constituency and Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[10]
Bharatiya Janata Party's Kripanath Mallah is the current Member of Parliament from Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency. While Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha is the MLA from Karimganj North Assembly constituency.
Educational institutes
[edit]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.
- Karimganj Polytechnic
Degree colleges:[12]
Playground:
All college's in Karimganj are affiliated to Assam University.[13]
Notable people
[edit]- Dwarka Nath Das, former MP of Karimganj (1991-1998)[14]
- Kripanath Mallah, current MP of Karimganj[15]
- Bijoy Malakar, current MLA of Ratabari LAC, Karimganj[16]
- Siddique Ahmed,MLA of Karimganj South
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sylheti". Ethnologue. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ Haider, Razi. "List of All City Name in Assam - Check Zip Code at Citypincode.in". City Pincode Finder Tool. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Assam govt renames Karimganj district to Sribhumi; CM Sarma justifies move". Business Standard. PTI. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "redirect to /world/IN/00/Karimganj.html". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Govt withdraws Assamese as official language from Barak valley". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ Purkayastha, Biswa Kalyan (24 February 2024). "Assam recognises Manipuri as associate official language in four districts". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "2011 Census - Karimganj (MB)". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "District Census Handbook - Karimganj" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ a b "C-1 Population By Religious Community". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
- ^ "Barak Valley Engineering College". Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "List of All Colleges In Karimganj, Assam". Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Assam University, Silchar - Affiliated Colleges, Assam". Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Constituency Watch: Which way blow waves of minority and tea workers in Karimganj?". Northeast Now. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Kripanath Mallah(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Karimganj (Assam) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Bijoy Malakar (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)):Constituency- Ratabari (SC) (Karimganj) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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