| Voice of Hailakandi
: Fakrud Jaman Chaoudhari
Hailakandi
District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 1327.0 Km2
Population in Hailakandi (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 659,260
Male : 338,766
Female : 320,494
Under 6 population
Total : 109,537
Male : 56,244
Female : 53,293
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 8658
In seeing : 4508
In speech : 870
In hearing : 628
In movement : 1732
Mental : 920
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 381
Sex Ratio Rank : 270
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 521 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 382 (Census 2001)
Minority : Yes
Brief About Hailakandi District
Hailakandi was one of the
oldest subdivision is the state of Assam. It was constituted as
a civil subdivision on 1st June 1869. Subsequently, it
was upgraded to district in 1989. It has an area of 1326.10 square
km. Out of this, more than 60% is reserve forest. There are total
of two reserve forests in Hailakandi District viz. Inner line reserve
forest and Katakhal reserve forest. The district has got inter-state
border with Mizoram on its south having a length of 76 km besides
inter district border on other sides with Karimganj and Cachar districts.
Distric Profile
Hailakandi was one of the oldest subdivision in
the state of Assam. It was constituted as a civil subdivision on
1st June 1869. Subsequently, it was upgraded to district
in 1989. It has an area of 1326.10 square km. Out of this, more
than 60% is reserve forest. There are total of two reserve forests
in Hailakandi district viz. Inner line reserve forest and Katakhal
reserve forest. The district has got inter-state border with Mizoram
on its south having a length of 76 km besides inter district border
on other sides with Karimganj and Cachar districts. As per 2001
census, it has a population of 542978. It
comprises of two notified towns viz. Hailakandi (district headquarters)
and Lala and one industrial town ship viz. Panchgram. A Municipal
Board governs Hailakandi town & a town Committee governs Lala.
It has five development blocks viz. Algapur, Hailakandi, Lala, Katlicherra
& South Hailakandi development Block. There is a Mahkuma Parishad
named Hailakandi Mahkuma Parishad covering these 5 Development Blocks.
There are total of 62 Nos. of Gaon Panchayat under these five blocks.
The district is divided into four revenue circles comprising of
a total of 393 villages (including 27 forest villages). Nearly half
the district consists of forests. Out of the remaining half, 33.2%
is under cultivation. Rice is the main crop. District has got 17
tea gardens. The District has 4 Police stations, 2 Police out post,
2 Colleges, 43 H/E, H/School, 247 ME/ MV Schools and 937 LP schools.
As
per 2001 Census, over all literacy rate is 59.80. The figure for
Males is 68.47% and for females, it is 50.64 %. The main language
of the District is Bengali.
In
the organized sector, Tea is the main Industry of the District. It has 17 Tea estates with 5570.38 hectares
under Tea plantation employing more than 1,30,642 persons as per
1991 Census. Production
of Tea was 87.62 Metric ton. The
Hindustan paper Mill Panchgram comes to the second place where large
number of people get employment opportunities in the district. The
pre dominant income generating activity for the district is through
agricultural sector and its allied enterprises. |
