Dhing
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Dhing is a town and a town area committee in Nagaon district
in the state of Assam
, India
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Dhing is a small town located at the North-West part of Nagaon district in the state of Assam, INDIA. It is in Nagaon sub-division. Dhing is located at a distance of around 25 kilometres from Nagaon town. The road from Nagaon town is the main road through which Dhing is connected. Dhing is connected with Guwahati by a broad-gauge railway track. The road via Baruwati
and Morigaon is the shortest road to Guwahati.
The historically important place Bardowa (or Batadrava) is on the way to Dhing from Nagaon town. Most of the population of the region in the locality of Dhing are cultivators. The locality produces mostly paddy, jute, various vegetables etc.
, Dhing had a population of 17,841. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Dhing has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78% and, female literacy is 68%. In Dhing, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Dhing is part of Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Nagaon district
Nagaon is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. As of 2011 it is the most populous district of Assam .-History:...
in the state of Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Geography
Dhing is located at 26.47°N 92.47°E. It has an average elevation of 58 metres (190 feet).Dhing is a small town located at the North-West part of Nagaon district in the state of Assam, INDIA. It is in Nagaon sub-division. Dhing is located at a distance of around 25 kilometres from Nagaon town. The road from Nagaon town is the main road through which Dhing is connected. Dhing is connected with Guwahati by a broad-gauge railway track. The road via Baruwati
Baruwati
Baruwati is a small village situated at the North-West part of Nagaon district of Assam, Baruwati is a small village situated at the North-West part of [[Nagaon]] district of [[Assam]],...
and Morigaon is the shortest road to Guwahati.
The historically important place Bardowa (or Batadrava) is on the way to Dhing from Nagaon town. Most of the population of the region in the locality of Dhing are cultivators. The locality produces mostly paddy, jute, various vegetables etc.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Dhing had a population of 17,841. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Dhing has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78% and, female literacy is 68%. In Dhing, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Politics
Revolutionary Communist leader M. Shamsul Huda also a writer, Literary Pensioner who had been elected several times with also highest ever cast votes in his favour to the Assam Legilative Assembly as its Member from Dhing LACDhing is part of Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)
Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)
Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India.-Assembly segments:Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments :* Golaghat* Dergaon * Bokakhat...
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