Hailakandi district
The district Hailakandi ( Bengali: হাইলাকান্দি জেলা ) is a district of the Indian state of Assam. Council is based in the eponymous town Hailakandi.
Geography
The district is located in Hailakandi Barak Valley in southern Assam. Neighboring districts are Karimganj in the West, Cachar in the north- east, in the southeast and Kolasib Mamit in the south. The last two are already part of the neighboring Federal State of Mizoram.
The area of the district Hailakandi is 1,326 square kilometers. He is the third smallest district of Assam. The district area has an elongated shape. It consists of the valley of the Dhaleswari River, which flows from south to north through the district before it in the Barak flows. To the west and east tower above the mountains that limit the Barak Valley, into the district area.
History
The story Hailakandis is largely identical to the Cachars. After the area was in 1832 came under British rule, it was incorporated as part of the district of Cachar in the province of Assam. 1869 Subdivision Hailakandi was established within the district Cachar. As an independent district is split off from Cachar Hailakandi 1989.
Population
According to the Indian census of 2011, the district Hailakandi has 659 260 inhabitants. In terms of population it is the third smallest district of Assam. Compared to the last 2001 census, the population was 21.4 percent and thus stronger than in the central Assam grew ( 16.9 percent). The population density is 497 inhabitants per square kilometer above the average of the state (397 inhabitants per square kilometer). The majority of the population, focusing on rural areas: The degree of urbanization is only 7.3 percent, which is only half as high as the already low average of Assam ( 14.1 per cent). The literacy rate is 68.5 percent lower than the mean of the state ( 73.2 percent).
Due to its geographical location, the Barak Valley, to which the district belongs Hailakandi, isolated from the rest of Assam and has strong cultural affinities to Bengal on. Thus, the main language is Bengali. On Distrikebene it has in Hailakandi as well as in the two other districts of Barak Valley next to the Assamese, the official language of Assam, an official status. The majority of the inhabitants of the district Hailakandi are Muslims. According to the 2001 census, 57.6 percent of the population profess Islam, 41.1 percent are Hindus. There is also a small Christian minority of 1.0 percent.