District Profile
Brief Introduction
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
| Administrative Division |
LAD |
Official Language |
Assamese |
| Number of Sub-Divisions |
2 |
Number of Revenue Circles |
3 |
| Number of Developmental Blocks |
3 |
Number of Educational Blocks |
3 |
| Number of Municipality Boards |
3 |
Number of Town Committees |
... |
| Number of Gaon Panchayats |
74 Nos. of VCDC |
Number of Villages |
496 |
| Number of Revenue Villages |
479 |
Number of Forest Villages |
22 |
| Number of Police Stations |
7 |
Number of Police Outpost |
7 |
| Number of Fire Stations |
2 |
Number of Post Offices |
...... |
| Number of Bank Branches |
....... |
Number of Tea Estates |
0 |
Political Setup
| Lok Sabha Constituency |
Kokrajhar (ST) (HPC-1) |
Legislative Assembly Constituency |
2 (19-Sidli Chirang LAC, 20-Bijni LAC) |
Health Setup
| Number of District Hospitals |
1 |
Number of Primary Health Centres |
3 |
| Number of Community Health Centres |
4 |
Number of Sub Centres |
87 |
Educational Setup
| Number of Univetsity |
Bodoland University,Kokrajhar (Nearest) |
Number of Degree College |
6 |
| Number of Engineering Collage |
CIT Kokrajhar (Nearest) |
Number of Medical College |
...... |
| Number of Polytechnics |
0 |
Number of ITIs |
0 |
| Number of Higher Secondary Schools |
10 |
Number of High Schools |
44 |
| Upper Primary (Govt) | 88 | Lower Primary (Govt) | 777 |
(As per census 2011)
| 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 |
| 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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