Bajali district

District of Assam in India

District of Assam in India

Bajali district

District of Assam

Bajali college

Location in Assam

Bajali district

Country|  India
State| Assam
Division| Lower Assam
Established| 12 January 2021
Headquarters| Pathsala
Government

• Lok Sabha constituencies| Kokrajhar, Barpeta
Area

• Total

| 418 km2 (161 sq mi)
Population

(2011)

• Total

| 253,816
• Density| 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Website| https://bajali.assam.gov.in/

Bajali district is a district of the Indian state of Assam, carved out of Barpeta district.[1] The Assam Cabinet headed by former Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal approved the proposal to make Bajali a full-fledged district on 10 August 2020.[2] On 12 January 2021 Bajali was formally declared as a district.[3] On 31 December 2022, the district was remerged with existing Barpeta district.[4]

However, on August 25, 2023, the Assam cabinet made an announcement regarding the restoration of the district status of Bajali[5] and on October 12, Bajali again became a district.[6]

Bajali comprised parts of Bajali, Jalah and Sarupeta circles. Dolor Pathar is the most popular village under bajali district And Pathsala is main town of the district.

## Demographics

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Religions in Bajali district (2011)[7]

Religion |  | Percent
Hinduism |

| 67.90%
Islam |

| 31.91%
Other or not stated |

| 0.19%

According to the 2011 census, erstwhile Bajali district has a population of 253,876, of which 11,242 (4.43%) live in urban areas. Bajali has a sex ratio of 978 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes notably the Kaibarta-Jalkeot community and Scheduled Tribes notably the Boro community make up 19,192 (7.56%) and 11,486 (4.52%) of the population respectively.[8]

Population of circles by religion  Circle  | Hindus (%)  | Muslims (%)  | Others (%)

|
|
|

Bajali (Pt)  | 94.51  | 5.34  | 0.15
Sarupeta (Pt)  | 43.89  | 55.92  | 0.19
Jalah (Pt)  | 86.32  | 13.54  | 0.14

The district religious composition are as follows: Hindu 172,388, Muslim 81,003 and others at 485 as per 2011 census report.[7]

Languages of Bajali district (2011)[9]

1. Assamese (74.48%)
2. Bengali (20.9%)
3. Boro (4.28%)
4. others (0.34%)

189,075 of the population spoke Assamese, 53,052 Bengali, 10,877 Boro and 0.36% speaks other minority languages.[9]

## References

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1. ^ "Bajali becomes Assam's 34th district". thenewsmill.com. 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
2. ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (2020-08-10). "'Bajali' to become the 34th full-fledged district of Assam - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 2020-11-26. `{{cite web}}`: `|last=` has generic name (help)
3. ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (2021-01-13). "'Bajali' Becomes the 34th Full-Fledged District of Assam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16. `{{cite web}}`: `|last=` has generic name (help)
4. ^ Tribune, The Assam (2022-12-31). "Assam: Four districts to re-merge with existing districts". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
5. ^ "Assam Cabinet decides to 'create' 4 districts". The Hindu. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
6. ^ Roushan, Anurag; India TV (2023-10-12). "Assam government notifies new Bajali district by bifurcating Barpeta | DETAILS INSIDE". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
7. ^ a b "Table C-01 Population By Religion: Assam". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
8. ^ "District Census Handbook: Barpeta" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
9. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population By Mother Tongue: Assam". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.