The district started functioning with effect from 4th june, 2004 with its head quarter at Kajalgaon.This district is having one civil sub-division with its head quarter at Bijni and one sadar sub-division with its head quarter at Kajalgaon.The Chirang district possesses a plain topography. It also has undulating areas and the northern parts of the district lie on the foothills of Bhutan that has slightly higher elevation, which is decreasing towards the southern parts of the district. The four types of soil found here are entisols, inceptisols, alfisols and ultisols. The district comes under lower Brahmaputra valley agro-climatic zone. The climate is sub-tropical in nature with warm and humid summer followed by dry and cool winter. The pre and post-monsoon months are unpredictable and experience erratic rainfall. Champamati, Aie and Manas rivers flow through the district and join the Brahmaputra river. Many other tributaries, small rivulets and streams flow through this district. LG Directory
Administrative Setup
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Administrative Division |
LAD |
Offical Language |
Assamese |
|---|---|---|---|
|
No.of Sub-Divisions |
2 |
No.of Revenue Circles |
3 |
|
No.of Developmental Blocks |
3 |
No.of Educational Blocks |
3 |
|
No.of Municipality Boards |
3 |
No.of Town Committees |
... |
|
No.of Goan Panchyats |
62 Nos. of VCDC |
No.of Villages |
496 |
|
No.of Revenue Villages |
479 |
No.of Forest Villages |
22 |
|
No.of Police Stations |
7 |
No.of Police Out posts |
7 |
|
No.of Fire Stations |
2 |
No.of Post Offices |
...... |
|
No.of Bank Branches |
....... |
No.of Tea Estates |
0 |
|
Lok Sabha Constituency |
Kokrajhar(ST)(HPC-5) |
Legislative Assembly Constituency |
2(31 Sidli LAC, 33 Bijni LAC) |
|---|
|
No.of District Hospitals |
1 |
No.of Primary Health Centres |
3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
No.of Community Health Centres |
4 |
No.of Sub Centres |
87 |
|
No.of University |
Bodo Land University,Kokrajhar (Nearest) |
No.of Degree Collegess |
6 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
No.of Engineering Colleges |
CIT Kokrajhar(Nearest) |
No.of Medical Colleges |
...... |
|
No.of Polytechnics |
0 |
No.of ITIs |
0 |
|
No.of Higher Secondary Schools |
10 |
No.of High Schools |
44 |
| Upper Primary (Govt) | 88 | Lower Primary (Govt) | 777 |
(As per census 2011)
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Total Area |
1468.42Sq Km |
Total Population |
482,162 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Male Population |
244,860 |
Female Population |
237,302 |
|
Rural Population |
446,825 |
Urban Population |
35,337 |
|
SC Population (%) |
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ST Population (%) |
|
|
Population Growth (%) |
11.34 |
Density |
251/sq. Km |
|
Sex Ratio |
969 |
Average literacy (%) |
63.55 |
|
Male literacy (%) |
70.24 |
Female literacy (%) |
56.65 |
|
Total Household |
97,395 |
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