Bajali district

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]

Bajali district
Former district of Assam
Location in Assam
Location in Assam
Country India
StateAssam
DivisionLower Assam
Established12 January 2021
HeadquartersPathsala
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesKokrajhar, Barpeta
Area
 • Total418 km2 (161 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total253,816
 • Density610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)

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

Demographics

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.[7]

Religions in Bajali district (2011)[8]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 67.90%
Islam
 
 31.91%
Other or not stated
 
 0.19%
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.[8]

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.
  3. Desk, Sentinel Digital (2021-01-13). "'Bajali' Becomes the 34th Full-Fledged District of Assam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  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. "District Census Handbook: Barpeta" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  8. "Table C-01 Population By Religion: Assam". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  9. "Table C-16 Population By Mother Tongue: Assam". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.

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