Karimganj

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This article is about the municipality in India. For its namesake district, see Karimganj district.

Karimganj
Kōrimgônj/ Shrībhūmi (Bengali)
Town
Sribhumi
Karimganj Central Bazaar
Karimganj Central Bazaar
Karimganj is located in Assam
Karimganj
Karimganj
Karimganj is located in India
Karimganj
Karimganj
Karimganj is located in Asia
Karimganj
Karimganj
Coordinates: 24°52′N 92°21′E / 24.87°N 92.35°E / 24.87; 92.35
Country India
StateAssam
DistrictKarimganj
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyKarimganj Municipality Board
Elevation
13 m (43 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
56,854
 • Rank22
 • Density16.09/km2 (41.7/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali
 • Associate officialMeitei (Manipuri)
 • RegionalSylheti[1]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
788710 to 788713[2]
ISO 3166 codeIN-AS
Vehicle registrationAS 10
Websitekarimganj.assam.gov.in

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 / 24.87; 92.35.[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 and the additional official languages of the town respectively.[5][6]

On 21 November 2024, the Assam government renamed Karimganj town as Sribhumi town.[3]

Demographics

Population

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

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Religion in Karimganj Town (2011)[9]

  Hinduism (86.57%)
  Islam (12.06%)
  Christianity (0.63%)
  Jainism (0.62%)
  Others (0.12%)

Most of the people in the town follow Hinduism, with significant followers of Islam and a small Christian and Jain population.[9]

Politics

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

Various educational institutions and Higher secondary are well established and run by the government in Karimganj.

Among them, the most notable are:

  • Karimganj Polytechnic

Degree colleges:[12]

Sports parks:

All college's in Karimganj are affiliated with Assam University.[13]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sylheti". Ethnologue. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. ^ Haider, Razi. "List of All City Name in Assam - Check Zip Code at Citypincode.in". City Pincode Finder Tool. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Assam govt renames Karimganj district to Sribhumi; CM Sarma justifies move". Business Standard. PTI. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  4. ^ "redirect to /world/IN/00/Karimganj.html". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Govt withdraws Assamese as official language from Barak valley". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  6. ^ Purkayastha, Biswa Kalyan (24 February 2024). "Assam recognises Manipuri as associate official language in four districts". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  7. ^ "2011 Census - Karimganj (MB)". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  8. ^ "District Census Handbook - Karimganj" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  9. ^ a b "C-1 Population By Religious Community". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  10. ^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  11. ^ "Barak Valley Engineering College". Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  12. ^ "List of All Colleges In Karimganj, Assam". Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Assam University, Silchar - Affiliated Colleges, Assam". Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Constituency Watch: Which way blow waves of minority and tea workers in Karimganj?". Northeast Now. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Kripanath Mallah(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Karimganj (Assam) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Bijoy Malakar (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)):Constituency- Ratabari (SC) (Karimganj) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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