Kamrup district: Difference between revisions

| settlement_type                = [[List of districts of Assam|District of Assam]]

| native_name                    = [[:as:কামৰূপ জিলা|কামৰূপ]]

| image_map                      = India Assam Kamrup district map.svg

| map_caption                    = Location of Kamrup district in Assam

| subdivision_name                = [[India]]

| leader_name1                    = [[Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency]]

| leader_title2                  =  

| leader_name2                    =  

| blank_name_sec1                = [[Indian road network|Major highways]]

'''Kamrup Rural district''', or simply '''Kamrup district''' (Pron:ˈkæmˌrəp or ˈkæmˌru:p) is an administrative [[districts of Assam|district]] in the state of [[Assam]] in [[India]] formed by dividing the [[Undivided Kamrup district|old Kamrup district]] into two in the year 2003; other being [[Kamrup Metropolitan district]], named after [[Kamrup region|region]] it constitute. The district, along with [[Nalbari district|Nalbari]], [[Barpeta District|Barpeta]], [[Kamrup Metropolitan district|Kamrup Metropolitan]], Bajali and [[Baksa district]]s have been created from the [[Undivided Kamrup district]].

[[Image:Madan Kamdev 8.jpg|thumb|200px|<center>[[Madan Kamdev]]</center>]]

The Government of Assam, during the Chief-ministership of Late [[Tarun Gogoi]], had proposed to bifurcate it further and create a new district, named South Kamrup. In 2016, the process of creation of the district was started.<ref>{{Cite news|last=India|first=Press Trust of|date=2016-01-27|title=Assam issues notification to form new administrative districts|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/assam-issues-notification-to-form-new-administrative-districts-116012701006_1.html|access-date=2021-05-10}}</ref> But later that year, the process of creation was stopped midway due to lack of infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=Sentinel Digital|title=Revocation of East Kamrup, South Kamrup districts begins - Sentinelassam|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/guwahati-today/revocation-of-east-kamrup-south-kamrup-districts-begins/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=The Sentinel Assam|language=en}}</ref>

Kamrup district occupies an area of {{convert|4345|km2|sqmi}},<ref name='Reference Annual'>{{cite book | last1 = Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) | 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 [[Australia]]'s [[Kangaroo Island]].<ref name='Islands'>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | access-date = 2011-10-11 | date = 1998-02-18 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Kangaroo Island}}</ref> Kamrup district has some territorial disputes with neighbouring [[West Khasi Hills district]], [[Meghalaya]], including that over the village of [[Langpih]].<ref name="Zeenews20081122">{{citation|url=http://zeenews.india.com/Elections08/JKStory.aspx?aid=485586|title=Meghalaya flexes muscle on Assam boundary|periodical=[[Zee News]]|date=2008-11-22|access-date=2012-08-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224003636/http://zeenews.india.com/Elections08/JKStory.aspx?aid=485586|archive-date=24 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Kamrup district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,517,542,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the [[West Africa]]n country of [[Gabon]]<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 = 2011-10-01 | quote = Gabon 1,576,665}}</ref> or the US state of [[Hawaii]].<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=2011-09-30 |quote=Hawaii 1,360,301 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/619lRoKht?url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=23 August 2011 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 327th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|436|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.67%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Kamrup has a [[sex ratio]] of 946 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 72.81%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

 

{{Pie chart

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|caption = Religions in Kamrup District (2011 census)

|label1 = Hinduism

|value1 = 57.82

|color1 = Orange

|label2 = Islam

|value2 = 39.66

|color2 = Green

|label3 = others

|value3 = 2.52

|color3 = Pink}}

Major language spoken natively is [[Kamrupi dialect]] of [[Assamese language|Assamese]] with pockets of [[Amri language|Amri]], a language related with [[Karbi language|Karbi]], with 1,25,000 speakers;<ref name='ethnoamri'>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M . Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Amri Karbi: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ajz | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009| publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref> [[Tiwa (Lalung)]] and [[Atong language (Sino-Tibetan)|A'Tong]], also  spoken by 10,000 people, found mostly in southern parts bordering Meghalaya. All the indigenous Assamese communities use the Assamese language to communicate with other indigenous Assamese communities.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M . Paul Lewis| encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = A'Tong: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=aot| access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009| publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref> According to the 2011 census, 74.43% of the population spoke Assamese, 19.92% [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 1.86% [[Garo language|Garo]], 1.41% [[Boro language (India)|Boro]] and 1.17% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref name="districtcensus" />

[[Image:Academic complex iitg.jpeg|thumb|200px|<center>Indian Institute of Technology in North Gauhati</center>]]

|Northeast = [[Udalguri district]] <br> [[Darrang district]]

|Northwest = [[Baksa district]] <br> [[Nalbari district]]