Bajali district

Bajali district
Bajali district
District of Assam
Country	India
State	Assam
Division	Lower Assam
Established	12 January 2021
Headquarters	Pathsala
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Kokrajhar, Barpeta
Area
• Total	418 km2 (161 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	253,816
• Density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)

Bajali district is the 34th district of the Indian state of Assam, carved out of Barpeta district.^[1] The Assam Cabinet headed by former Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal approved the proposal to make Bajali a full-fledged district on 10 August 2020.^[2] On 12 January 2021 Bajali was formally declared as a district.^[3]

Bajali comprises parts of Bajali, Jalah and Sarupeta circles.

Demographics[edit]

Languages of Bajali district (2011)^[4]

Assamese (74.48%)

Bengali (20.90%)

Boro (4.28%)

others (0.34%)

According to the 2011 census, Bajali district has a population of 253,876. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 19,192 (7.56%) and 11,486 (4.52%) of the population respectively. 189,075 of the population spoke Assamese, 53,052 Bengali, 10,877 Boro and 0.36% speaks other minority languages.

Religions in Bajali district (2011)^[5]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			67.90%
Islam			31.91%
Other or not stated			0.19%

The district religious composition are as follows: Hindu 172,388, Muslim 81,003 and others at 485 as per 2011 census report.

References[edit]

↑ "Bajali becomes Assam's 34th district". thenewsmill.com. 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
↑ Desk, Sentinel Digital (2020-08-10). "'Bajali' to become the 34th full-fledged district of Assam - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
↑ Desk, Sentinel Digital (2021-01-13). "'Bajali' Becomes the 34th Full-Fledged District of Assam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
↑ 2011 census of India - Population by Mother Tongue
↑ "C-16 Population By Religion - Assam". census.gov.in.

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[1] "Bajali becomes Assam's 34th district". thenewsmill.com. 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-07-10.

[2] Desk, Sentinel Digital (2020-08-10). "'Bajali' to become the 34th full-fledged district of Assam - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 2020-11-26.

[3] Desk, Sentinel Digital (2021-01-13). "'Bajali' Becomes the 34th Full-Fledged District of Assam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.

[4] 2011 census of India - Population by Mother Tongue

[Religion-5] "C-16 Population By Religion - Assam". census.gov.in.

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