Tamulpur district, is an administrative district in Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, one of the North-Eastern states of India. The administrative headquarters is at Tamulpur. It is the 35th district of the Indian state of Assam, carved out of Baksa district.[2]
Tamulpur | |
|---|---|
District of Assam | |
Tamulpur Higher Secondary School | |
Location in Assam | |
| Coordinates: 26.64°N 91.58°E / 26.64; 91.58 | |
| Country | |
| State | |
| Territorial Region | |
| Formation | 23 January 2022 |
| Headquarters | Tamulpur |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Kokrajhar |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Tamulpur |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Sri Simanta Kumar Das, ACS |
| Area | |
| • Total | 884 km2 (341 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 389,150 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Indian Standard Time) |
In 2021, the Cabinet of Assam, headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, approved the proposal to make Tamulpur a full-fledged district.[3] On 23 January 2022 Tamulpur was formally created.[4] Last ADC I/C Tamulpur was Dr. Bedanga Talukdar, ACS.
At the time of the 2011 census, Tamulpur district had a population of 389,150. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 42,246 (10.86%) and 121,321 (31.17%) of the population respectively.[1]
| Religions in Tamulpur district (2011)[5] | ||||
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| Religion | Percent | |||
| Hinduism | 83.36% | |||
| Islam | 12.97% | |||
| Christianity | 3.22% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.45% | |||
Hinduism is followed by 324,396 (83.36%) and is the majority religion. Muslims are 50,486 (12.97%) while Christians are 12,533 (3.22%).
At the time of the 2011 census, 36.96% of the population spoke Assamese, 25.40% Boro, 22.33% Bengali, 5.18% Nepali and 4.67% Santali as their first language.[6]