Hailakandi District
| Total Population : 542,872 |
| Total literate : 263,547 |
| Rural : 498,787 |
Urban : 44,085 |
| Male : 280,513 |
Female : 262,359 |
| Area :
132,700 Ha |
Villages : 393 |
Brief
about 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 50% 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 50% 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.
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