Tamulpur district

Tamulpur
Tamulpur
District of Assam
	Tamulpur Higher Secondary School
	Location in Assam
	Coordinates: 26.64°N 91.58°E
Country	India
State	Assam
Territorial Region	Bodoland
Formation	23 January 2022 (existed till 31 December 2022)
Headquarters	Tamulpur
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Kokrajhar
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Tamulpur
• Deputy Commissioner	Sri Simanta Kumar Das, ACS
Area
• Total	884 km2 (341 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	389,150
• Density	440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (Indian Standard Time)
Website	http://tamulpur.assam.gov.in/

Tamulpur district, was an administrative district in Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, one of the North-Eastern states of India. The administrative headquartered at Tamulpur.

In 2021, the Cabinet of Assam, headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, approved the proposal to make Tamulpur a full-fledged district.[2] On 23 January 2022 Tamulpur was formally created.[3] Last ADC I/C Tamulpur was Dr. Bedanga Talukdar, ACS.

On 30 December 2022, Assam Government has decided to remerge the with Baksa district and From, 1 January 2023 district ceased to exist.[4] The decision came before delimitation process in the state.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Tamulpur district had a population of 389,150, of which 5,631 (1.45%) live in urban areas. Tamulpur has a sex ratio of 970 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 42,246 (10.86%) and 121,321 (31.17%) of the population respectively.[1]

Religion

Religions in Tamulpur district (2011)[5]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			83.36%
Islam			12.97%
Christianity			3.22%
Other or not stated			0.45%

Hinduism is followed by 324,396 (83.36%) and is the majority religion. Muslims are 50,486 (12.97%) while Christians are 12,533 (3.22%).[5]

Language

Languages of Tamulpur district (2011)[6]

Assamese (36.96%)

Bodo (25.40%)

Bengali (22.33%)

Nepali (5.18%)

Santali (4.67%)

Sadri (0.96%)

Rajbongshi (0.93%)

Others (3.57%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 36.96% of the population spoke Assamese, 25.40% Boro, 22.33% Bengali, 5.18% Nepali and 4.67% Santali, 0.96% Sadri and 0.93% Rajbongshi as their first language.[6]

References

"District Census Handbook: Baksa" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
"Assam Budget 2021: Tamulpur Proposed To Be Created As New District". www.newsdaily24.in. 17 July 2021. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
"Assam Govt Forms Tamulpur As New District In State". www.sentinelassam.com. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
NEWS, NE NOW (31 December 2022). "Assam govt remerges Biswanath, Hojai, Bajali and Tamulpur with original districts". NORTHEAST NOW. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
"Table C-01 Population By Religion: Assam". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
"Table C-16 Population By Mother Tongue: Assam". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.

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[districtcensus-1] "District Census Handbook: Baksa" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.

[2] "Assam Budget 2021: Tamulpur Proposed To Be Created As New District". www.newsdaily24.in. 17 July 2021. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[3] "Assam Govt Forms Tamulpur As New District In State". www.sentinelassam.com. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[4] NEWS, NE NOW (31 December 2022). "Assam govt remerges Biswanath, Hojai, Bajali and Tamulpur with original districts". NORTHEAST NOW. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

[Religion-5] "Table C-01 Population By Religion: Assam". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.

[languages-6] "Table C-16 Population By Mother Tongue: Assam". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.