Barak Valley division

Barak Valley division, is an administrative division of Assam under the jurisdiction of a Commissioner, who is stationed at Silchar the largest city of the division. It consists of the following districts: Cachar, Karimganj, and Hailakandi.[1]

Barak Valley Division
Division of Assam
The five divisions of Assam
The five divisions of Assam
Country India
StateAssam
Largest City & CapitalSilchar
Area
 • Total11,812 km2 (4,561 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total3,838,701
 • Density320/km2 (840/sq mi)

Districts

Barak valley Division comprises three districts, namely Cachar, Karimganj, and Hailakandi.[1]

Code[2] District Headquarter Population (2011)[3] Area (km2) Density (/km2)
CACacharSilchar1,736,3193,786459
HAHailakandiHailakandi659,2961,327497
KRKarimganjKarimganj1,228,6861,809679
Total 3 — 36,24,301 6,922

Demographics

Barak Valley Division have a population of 36,24,301 with constituting 3 districts in total.[1]

Languages

Languages spoken in Barak Valley (2011)[4]

  Bengali (80.84%)
  Hindi (10%)
  Manipuri (3.49%)
  Bishnupriya Manipuri (1.38%)
  Dimasa (0.6%)
  Tripuri (0.59%)
  Odia (0.53%)
  Nepali (0.14%)
  Others (2.43%)

As per (2011) language census report, Bengali is the official as well as the most spoken language of the region with approximately 2,930,378 native speakers. Hindi, Manipuri, Bishnupriya and Dimasa are the next most widely spoken languages with 362,459, 126,498, 50,019 and 21,747 native speakers, respectively. Tripuri, Odia, Nepali and Marwari are also spoken by a considerable minority, while 2.43% of the total population speaks other tribal languages.[4]

According to census 2011, the major languages of Cachar district are Bengali, Hindi, Manipuri, Bhojpuri, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Dimasa, Khasi, Hmar and Odia in descending order of population. In the Hailakandi district, the major languages are Bengali, Hindi, Tripuri language, Manipuri and Bhojpuri. In the Karimganj district, the major languages are Bengali and Hindi.[4][lower-alpha 1]

Languages of Dima Hasao (2011)

  Dimasa (35.73%)
  Bengali (11.8%)
  Zeme (9.65%)
  Hmar (7.65%)
  Nepali (6.36%)
  Kuki (5.11%)
  Karbi (4.46%)
  Hindi (4.45%)
  Khasi (1.93%)
  Assamese (1.89%)
  Others (10.97%)

Dimasa and Bengali are the main lingua franca in the Dima Hasao.[5]

Religion

Religions in Cachar Hills and Barak Valley Division (2011)[6]

  Hinduism (50.94%)
  Islam (45.57%)
  Christianity (3.16%)
  Others (0.33%)
Barak Valley and Cachar Hills Religious diversity as of the 2011 census[7]
Religion Population
Hindus () 1,955,734
Muslims () 1,749,316
Christians () 121,415
Others 20,846
Total 4,791,390

Hinduism, is the slight majority religion in the Barak Valley & Cachar Hills Division. The religious composition of the valley & hills population is as follows: Hindus 50.94%, Muslims 45.57%, Christians 3.16%, and others 0.33%. Hindus are the majority in Cachar district (59.8%) with having (86.3%) Hindu in the district headquarter ; Silchar (which is also the main city of the valley), while Dima Hasao is (67.1%) Hindu, with significant Christian population (29.57%). While Muslims are the majority in Hailakandi district (60.3%) and Karimganj district (56.4%), but Hailakandi town have (67.3%) Hindu majority, Karimganj town have also a Hindu Majority of (86.6%) as of 2011 census.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Districts". assam.gov.in/about-us/396.
  2. ISO 3166
  3. "District Census 2011".
  4. "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue". census.gov.in. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  5. Col Ved Prakash, "Encyclopaedia of North-east India, Vol# 2", Atlantic Publishers & Distributors;Pg 575, ISBN 978-81-269-0704-5
  6. "C-16 Population By Religion – Barak Valley". census.gov.in. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  7. "Reference at www.censusindia.gov.in".
  1. Languages constituting less than 1% and/or substantially lower as compared to the total population are not included


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