Bajali district

Bajali district is the 34th 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]

Bajali district
District of Assam
Country India
StateAssam
DivisionLower Assam
Established12 January 2021
HeadquartersPathsala
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesKokrajhar, Barpeta
Population
 (2011)
 • Total253,816

Bajali comprises parts of Bajali, Jalah and Sarupeta circles.

Demography

Languages of Bajali district (2011)[4]

  Assamese (74.48%)
  Bengali (20.90%)
  Boro (4.28%)
  others (0.34%)

According to the 2011 census, Bajali district has a population of 253,876 of which 189,075 of the population spoke Assamese, 53,052 Bengali, 10,877 Boro and 0.36% speaks other minority languages.

Religions in Bajali district (2011)[5]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 67.90%
Islam
 
 31.91%
Others
 
 0.19%

The district religious composition are as follows: Hindu 172,388, Muslim 81,003 and others at 485 as per 2011 census report.

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. https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1800.XLSX

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