Hills and Barak Valley division

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Barak Valley Division
| settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of Assam|division of Assam]]
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| image_map = File:Barak valley division and hills 2.png
| map_caption = Barak valley division and hills
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]
| established_title =
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| seat1_type = Largest City & Capital
| seat1 = [[Silchar]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 22,244
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| population_total = 4,791,390
| population_as_of = 2011 census
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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'''Hills and Barak Valley division''', is an administrative unit 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 District|Karimganj]], [[Hailakandi district|Hailakandi]], while the hills districts such as [[Dima Hasao]] and [[Karbi Anglong]] were also part of this division as per as Assam government official website.<ref name="hbvdassam.gov.in">{{cite web |url=http://hbvdassam.gov.in/ |title=Home |website=hbvdassam.gov.in}}</ref> Smti Neera Gogoi Sonowal, IAS is the current Commissioner of Barak Valley and Hills Division.

==Districts==
Barak valley Division & Hills comprises five districts, namely Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gad.assam.gov.in/information-services/divisions|title = Divisions | General Administration | Government of Assam, India}}</ref>

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
|-
! Code<ref>[[ISO 3166-2:IN|ISO 3166]]</ref>
! District
! Headquarter
! Population (2011)<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/Assam.html|title= District Census 2011}}</ref>
! Area (km²)
! Density (/km²)
|-
| CA|| [[Cachar district|Cachar]]|| [[Silchar]]|| 1,736,319|| 3,786|| 459
|-
| HA|| [[Hailakandi district|Hailakandi]]|| [[Hailakandi]]|| 659,296|| 1,327|| 497
|-
| KR|| [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]]|| [[Karimganj]]||1,228,686
| 1,809|| 679
|-
| DH|| [[Dima Hasao district|Dima Hasao]]|| [[Haflong]]||214,102
| 4,890|| 43.6
|-
| KA|| [[Karbi Anglong]]|| [[Diphu]]||1,647,701
| 10,434 || 160
|-
!Total
!5
!—
!4,791,390
!22,244
!728.6
|}

==Demographics==
Hills and Barak Valley Division have a population of 4,791,390 with constituting 5 districts in total.<ref name="hbvdassam.gov.in"/>

===Languages===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages spoken in Barak Valley (2011)<ref name="Lang"/>
|label1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|value1 = 80.84
|color1 = red
|label2 = [[Hindi]]
|value2 = 10
|color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Manipuri language|Manipuri]]
|value3 = 3.49
|color3 = yellow
|label4 = [[Bishnupriya Manipuri language|Bishnupriya Manipuri]]
|value4 = 1.38
|color4 = pink
|label5 = [[Dimasa language|Dimasa]]
|value5 = 0.6
|color5 = purple
|label6 = [[Tripuri language|Tripuri]]
|value6 = 0.59
|color6 = violet
|label7 = [[Odia language|Odia]]
|value7 = 0.53
|color7 = green
|label8 = [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
|value8 = 0.14
|color8 = blue
|label9 = Others
|value9 = 2.43
|color9 = brown}}
As per (2011) language census report, [[Bengali language|Bengali]] is the official as well as the most spoken language of the region with approximately 2,930,378 native speakers. [[Hindi]], [[Manipuri language|Manipuri]], [[Bishnupriya language|Bishnupriya]] and [[Dimasa language|Dimasa]] are the next most widely spoken languages with 362,459, 126,498, 50,019 and 21,747 native speakers, respectively. [[Tripuri language|Tripuri]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]] and [[Marwari language|Marwari]] are also spoken by a considerable minority, while 2.43% of the total population speaks other tribal languages.<ref name="Lang"/>

According to census 2011, the major languages of [[Cachar district]] are [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi]], [[Meitei language|Manipuri]], [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], [[Bishnupriya Manipuri language|Bishnupriya Manipuri]], [[Dimasa language|Dimasa]], [[Khasi language|Khasi]], [[Hmar language|Hmar]] and [[Odia language|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.<ref name="Lang">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1800.XLSX |website=census.gov.in |access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>{{efn|Languages constituting less than 1% and/or substantially lower as compared to the total population are not included}}

{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Karbi Anglong district (2011)
|label1 = [[Karbi language|Karbi]] |value1 = 45.72 |color1 = darkblue
|label2 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value2 = 11.06 |color2 = salmon
|label3 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]] |value3 = 7.71 |color3 = gold
|label7 = [[Boro language (India)|Boro]] |value7 = 4.57 |color7 = purple
|label4 = [[Nepali language|Nepali]] |value4 = 5.39 |color4 = pink
|label6 = [[Hindi]] |value6 = 4.58 |color6 = orange
|label9 = [[Dimasa language|Dimasa]] |value9 = 2.28 |color9 = powderblue
|label5 = [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] |value5 = 4.70 |color5 = peachpuff
|label11 = [[Sadri language|Sadri]] |value11 = 1.32 |color11 = red
|label13 = [[Kuki-Chin languages|Kuki]] |value13 = 1.02 |color13 = royalblue
|label8 = [[Garo language|Garo]] |value8 = 2.61 |color8 = cornflowerblue
|label12 = [[Khasi language|Khasi]] |color12 = darkgreen |value12 = 1.31
|label10 = [[Tiwa language (India)|Tiwa]] |color10 = yellow |value10 = 1.80
|label14 = Others |value14 =5.93 |color14 = grey
}}

Karbi, [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi]] and [[English language]] are used as the common language for communicating among different communities residing in district.

{{Pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Languages of Dima Hasao (2011)
| label1 = [[Dimasa language|Dimasa]] | value1 = 35.73 | color1 = powderblue
| label2 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] | value2 = 11.8 | color2 = salmon
| label3 = [[Zeme language|Zeme]] | value3 = 9.65 | color3 = darkorchid
| label4 = [[Hmar language|Hmar]] | value4 = 7.65 | color4 = lavender
| label5 = [[Nepali language|Nepali]] | value5 = 6.36 | color5 = pink
| label6 = [[Kuki-Chin languages|Kuki]] | value6 = 5.11 | color6 = royalblue
| label7 = [[Karbi language|Karbi]] | value7 = 4.46 | color7 = darkblue
| label8 = [[Hindi]] | value8 = 4.45 | color8 = orange
| label9 = [[Khasi language|Khasi]] | value9 = 1.93 | color9 = aqua
| label10 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]] | value10 = 1.89 | color10 = gold
| label11 = Others | value11 = 10.97 | color11 = grey
}}

[[Dimasa language|Dimasa]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] are the main lingua franca in the Dima Hasao.<ref name="Ved Prakash">Col Ved Prakash, "Encyclopaedia of North-east India, Vol# 2", Atlantic Publishers & Distributors;Pg 575, {{ISBN|978-81-269-0704-5}}</ref>

===Religion===

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religions in Hills and Barak Valley Division (2011)<ref name="Religion"/>
|label1 = [[Hinduism]]
|value1 = 57
|color1 = Orange
|label2 = [[Islam]]
|value2 = 37
|color2 = Green
|label3 = [[Christianity]]
|value3 = 5.8
|color3 = Blue
|label4 = Others
|value4 = 0.2
|color4 = Grey
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ ''Barak Valley and Hills Religious diversity as of the 2011 census''<ref name="censusindia.gov.in">{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS| title = Reference at www.censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
|-
! Religion
! Population
|-
| [[Hindus]] ([[File:Om.svg|15px]])
| 2,721,734
|-
| [[Muslims]] ([[File:Star and Crescent.svg|18px]])
| 1,769,606
|-
| [[Christians]] ([[File:ChristianitySymbol.svg|17px]])
| 279,204
|-
| Others
| 20,846
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''4,791,390'''
|}

[[Hinduism]], is the slight majority religion in the Barak Valley & Hills Division. The religious composition of the valley & hills population is as follows: [[Hindu]]s 57%, [[Muslim]]s 37%, [[Christians]] 5.8%, and others 0.2%. 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), [[Karbi Anglong district]] with (80.10%) Hindu & [[Dima Hasao district]] with (67.1%) Hindu.
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.<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion – Barak Valley |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW18C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in |access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Upper Assam Division]]
*[[Lower Assam Division]]
*[[North Assam Division]]
*[[Central Assam Division]]

==References==
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[[Category:Divisions of Assam]]

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