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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Goalpara}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement

| name = Goalpara district
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| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Assam|District of Assam]]
| image_skyline = Brahmaputra Plains in Goalpara District of Assam 871.jpg
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| image_caption = Paddy fields near the Brahmaputra in Goalpara district
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| nickname = Raghunath
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| image_map = India Assam Goalpara district map.svg
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| map_caption = Goalpara district's location in Assam
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{Flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Divisions of Assam|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Lower Assam Division|Lower Assam]]
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| established_date = 20 October 1994
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Goalpara]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 1824
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| population_total = 1,008,183
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = [[Goalpariya people|Goalpariya]]
| population_note =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 783 101 to** (** area code)
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 03663
| registration_plate = AS 18
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-AS]], IN-AS-GP
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| website = {{URL|http://goalpara.gov.in/}}
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'''Goalpara district''' is an administrative [[districts of Assam|district]] of the Indian state of [[Assam]].

==History==
It was a princely state ruled by the [[Koch dynasty|Koch kings]] and the then ruler of the undivided kingdom. Today the erstwhile Goalpara district is divided into [[Kokrajhar]], [[Bongaigaon]], [[Dhubri]], and Goalpara district.

The name of the district [[Goalpara]] is said to have originally derived from 'Gwaltippika' meaning 'Guwali village' or the village of the milk men. The history of Goalpara goes back to several centuries. The district came under British rule in 1765. Before this, the area was under the control of the [[Koch dynasty]]. In 1826 the [[British Empire|British]] accessed [[Assam]] and [[Goalpara]] was annexed to the [[North-East Frontier]] in 1874, along with the creation of district headquarters at [[Dhubri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamspider.com/resources/3417-Goalpara-District-brief-History.aspx |title=A brief history of Goalpara District |date=11 September 2010 |access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref>

On 1 July 1983 two districts were split from Goalpara: [[Dhubri district|Dhubri]] and [[Kokrajhar district|Kokrajhar]].<ref name='Statoids'>{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date = 11 October 2011 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 25 September 2011 | work = Statoids}}</ref> On 29 September 1989 [[Bongaigaon district]] was created from parts of Goalpara and [[Kokrajhar district|Kokrajhar]].<ref name='Statoids'/>

==Geography==
The district headquarters are located at Goalpara. Goalpara district occupies an area of {{convert|1824|km2|sqmi}},<ref name='Reference Annual'>{{cite book | editor = Srivastava, Dayawanti | title = India 2010: A Reference Annual | chapter = States and Union Territories: Assam: Government | edition = 54th | publisher = Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]] | year = 2010 | location = New Delhi, India | pages = 1116 | isbn = 978-81-230-1617-7}}</ref> comparatively equivalent to [[South Korea]]'s [[Jeju-do]].<ref name='Islands'>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | access-date = 11 October 2011 | date = 18 February 1998 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Jeju-do 1,825km2}}</ref>

==Economy==
In 2006 the Indian government named Goalpara one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the eleven districts in Assam currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012 }}</ref>

==Political divisions==
There are four [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] constituencies in this district: Dudhnoi, Goalpara East, Goalpara West, and Jaleswar.<ref name="ceo1">{{cite web|title=List of Assembly Constituencies showing their Revenue & Election District wise break - up |url=http://ceoassam.nic.in/Gen_Informations/2.1%20-%20DEOs%20wise%20ACs%20breakup.pdf |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Assam website |access-date=26 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322074811/http://ceoassam.nic.in/Gen_Informations/2.1%20-%20DEOs%20wise%20ACs%20breakup.pdf |archive-date=22 March 2012 }}</ref> Dudhnoi is designated for [[scheduled tribe]]s.<ref name="ceo1"/> Dudhnoi is in the [[Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency]], whilst the other three are in the [[Dhubri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name="ceo2">{{cite web|title=List of Assembly Constituencies showing their Parliamentary Constituencies wise break - up |url=http://ceoassam.nic.in/Gen_Informations/2.2%20-%20PC-wise%20LAC%20breakup.pdf |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Assam website |access-date=26 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322074903/http://ceoassam.nic.in/Gen_Informations/2.2%20-%20PC-wise%20LAC%20breakup.pdf |archive-date=22 March 2012 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{Pie chart| thumb = right
|label1=[[Assamese language|Assamese]]|value1=51.80|color1= Green
|label2=[[Bengali language|Bengali]]|value2=29.68|color2=Purple
|label3=[[Garo language|Garo]]|value3=7.56|color3=Yellow
|label4=[[Rabha language|Rabha]]|value4=5.16|color4=Cyan
|label5=[[Bodo language|Bodo]]|value5=3.54|color5=Brown
|label6=[[Hindi]]|value6=1.04|color6=Orange
|label7=Others|value7=1.22|color7=grey
|caption=Languages of Goalpara district (2011)<ref name="censuslang">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Goalpara |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1800.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref>
}}

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Goalpara district (2011)
|titlebar=#FCD116
|left1=Language
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|Islam |green |57.52}}
{{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|34.51}}
{{bar percent|Christianity|dodgerblue|7.72}}
{{bar percent|others|pink|0.25}}
}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Goalpara district has a population of 1,008,183,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=318884 | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 August 2019 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census,gov,in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Cyprus]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Cyprus 1,120,489 July 2011 est.}}</ref> or the US state of [[Montana]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |access-date=30 September 2011 |quote=Montana 989,415 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721072426/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref> of which 171,657 are children between 0–6 years of age. Goalpara has a sex ratio of 964 females for every 1000 males.<ref name=districtcensus/> The crude literacy rate of the district is 55.91%, while the effective literacy rate of 7+ population is 67.4%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 4.5% and 23% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=90,482|13=1911|14=1,17,602|15=1921|16=1,49,263|17=1931|18=1,72,782|19=1941|20=1,98,407|21=1951|22=2,16,763|23=1961|24=2,97,178|25=1971|26=4,33,516|27=1991|28=6,68,138|29=2001|30=8,22,035|31=2011|32=10,08,183|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

===Languages===
[[Assamese language|Assamese]] is the official language of the district and is spoken by 51.80% of the population, while [[Bengali language|Bengali]] is spoken by 29.68% as per 2011 census. These are followed by [[Garo language|Garo]], [[Rabha language|Rabha]], [[Bodo language|Bodo]], [[Hindi]] and [[Nepali language|Nepali]] speakers in descending order.<ref name="censuslang"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Goalpara District : Home |url=http://goalpara.gov.in/ |website=goalpara.gov.in |access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>
Bengali speakers are 29.7% as per as 2011 census language census report, but Goalpara district is home to a large Muslim population of Bengali origin, most of whom now identify as Assamese speakers in the census.<ref>https://scroll.in/article/991174/a-new-generation-of-miya-muslims-in-assam-may-vote-for-congress-aiudf-but-only-out-of-compulsion</ref><ref>https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/01/08/national-register-of-citizens-identity-assam-immigrants</ref>

===Religions===
Muslim population in Goalpara district is 57.52%, while Hindu population is 34.51% and Christian Population stands at 7.72% and others include 0.25% respectively as per as census 2011 report. All the Garos are Christian <ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion - Assam |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW18C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref>

==Tourism==
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Tourist spots in the district include:
*[[Sri Surya Pahar]], a significant but relatively unknown archaeological site in Assam, a hill which showcases the remains of cultural heritage of three important religions of India, [[Buddhism]], [[Jainism]] and [[Hinduism]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Malakar |first1=Bhaskar |title=Goalpara District : Home |url=http://goalpara.nic.in/ |website=goalpara.gov.in |access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref>
*Dadan Hill has a Shiva Temple on its top. The temple was established by a general of the army of King Bana of [[Sonitpur]] named Dadan.
*Pir Majhar is situated in Goalpara town, a tomb of a saint named Hazarat Sayed Abul Kasem Kharasani. He is a saint who was respected by Hindus and Muslims alike.
*Pir Majhar is situated in Katarihara, Golapara, a tomb of a Muslim saint named Al Bakdadi.
*Hulukanda hill is located at the center of Goalpara.
*Sri Tukreswari hill
*Paglartek Baba at Barbhita
*Urpod beel of Agia
*Dhamar Risen beel of [[Lakhipur, Goalpara]] are some other attractions of the district.
*Hulukanda Hill, near Bramhaputra river in the town is an important place where it used to be the center of Salt trading during Brittish rules. Daniel Raush used to stay there.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Goalpara district}}
* [http://goalpara.gov.in/ Official web site of Goalpara district]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Goalpara district
|North = [[Bongaigaon district]]
|Northeast = [[Barpeta district]]
|East = [[Kamrup district]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[East Garo Hills]], [[Meghalaya]]
|Southwest = [[West Garo Hills]], [[Meghalaya]]
|West = [[Dhubri district]]
|Northwest =
}}

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{{Minority Concentrated Districts in India}}
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