Karimganj

Karimganj
Karimganj
	city
	Karimganj Location in Assam, India Karimganj Karimganj (India) Karimganj Karimganj (Asia)
	Coordinates: 24.87°N 92.35°E
Country	India
State	Assam
District	Karimganj
Government
• Body	Karimganj Municipality Board
Elevation	13 m (43 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	56,854
Languages
• Official	Bengali[1]
• Regional	Sylheti[2]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	788710
ISO 3166 code	IN-AS
Vehicle registration	AS 10
Website	karimganj.gov.in

Karimganj is a city in the Karimganj District of the Indian state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Karimganj city is located at 24.87°N 92.35°E / 24.87; 92.35.[3] The area of Karimganj city is 16.09 km². It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet).

Demographics

As per as the official census of 2011, Karimganj city 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.[4][5]

Religion

Religions in Karimganj town (2011)[6]

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.[6]

Politics

Karimganj consists of five assembly constituencies: Karimganj North and Karimganj South, Badarpur, Patharkandi, and Ratabari; all of which are part of Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[7]

Notable people

Dwarka Nath Das, former MP of Karimganj (1991-1998)[8]
Kripanath Mallah, current MP of Karimganj[9]

Gallery

References

"Govt withdraws Assamese as official language from Barak valley". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
"Sylheti". Ethnologue. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
"redirect to /world/IN/00/Karimganj.html". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
"2011 Census - Karimganj (MB)". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
"District Census Handbook - Karimganj" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2019.
"C-1 Population By Religious Community". census.gov.in. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
"List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
"Constituency Watch: Which way blow waves of minority and tea workers in Karimganj?". Northeast Now. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
"Kripanath Mallah(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Karimganj (Assam) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

External links

Karimganj news

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[1] "Govt withdraws Assamese as official language from Barak valley". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

[2] "Sylheti". Ethnologue. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

[3] "redirect to /world/IN/00/Karimganj.html". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[4] "2011 Census - Karimganj (MB)". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

[5] "District Census Handbook - Karimganj" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2019.

[Religion-6] "C-1 Population By Religious Community". census.gov.in. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

[7] "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.

[8] "Constituency Watch: Which way blow waves of minority and tea workers in Karimganj?". Northeast Now. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[9] "Kripanath Mallah(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Karimganj (Assam) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 23 September 2020.