Dibrugarh district
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Dibrugarh is an administrative district
in the state of Assam
in India
. The district headquarters are located at Dibrugarh
city. The district occupies an area
of 3381 km².
word dibru, a blister) during the reign of Suhungmung, Pharsengmung Borgohain, Chao Siulung, Kilong fought against the Sutiya king who was defeated in the battle and surrendered before the Ahom King
.
in 1976. On 1 October 1989 Tinsukia district
was split from Dibrugarh.
's Vaygach Island
. The district extends from 27° 5' 38" N to 27° 42' 30" N latitude
and 94°33'46"E to 95°29'8"E longitude
. It is bounded by Dhemaji district
on the north, Tinsukia district on the east, Tirap district
of Arunachal Pradesh
on the south-east and Sibsagar district
on the north and south-west. The area stretches from the north bank of the Brahmaputra, which flows for a length of 95 km through the northern margin of the district, to the Patkai
foothills on the south. The Burhi Dihing, a major tributary of the Brahmaputra with its network of tributaries and wetland
s flows through the district from east to west.
There is a large tract of Tropical Rainforest
in its eastern and southern regions, which is a part of the Dehing Patkai wildlife sanctuary.
Dibrugarh has the world's largest area covered by tea gardens. The entire district is surrounded by tea
plantations and has tea factories. Many tea gardens are more than 100 years old.
The world's oldest running oil refinery is situated in Digboi
(Tinsukia
District). The entire district has many oil and natural gas
rigs owned by the Oil India Limited and Oil and Natural Gas Commission.
The headquarters of Oil India Limited is located in Duliajan, a town 50 km from Dibrugarh Town.
The majority of the population are occupied in farming of rice
, sugar-cane, pulses, and fish farming.
Beside these many rice and oilseed mills exist. Also there are some coal mining and petroleum
production industries.
In the lower-house (Lok Sabha) of the Indian Parliament, Dibrugarh is one constituency and represented by one elected Member of the Parliament.
The towns of the District are Dibrugarh, Chabua, Naharkatia, Duliajan and Namrup
Revenue Circles: Dibrugarh East, Dibrugarh West, Chabua, Tengakhat, Naharkatia, Tingkhong and Moran.
Police Stations: Dibrugarh Sadar Town (City), Lahowal(City), Chabua, Tengakhat, Duliajan, Naharkatia, Joypur, Tingkhong, Rajgarh, Moran, Khowang, Borboruah(City), Rohmoria, Ghoramora.
There are seven Assam Legislative Assembly constituencies in this district: Moran, Dibrugarh, Lahowal, Duliajan, Tingkhong, Naharkatia, and Chabua. Chabua is in the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency
, whilst the other six are in the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency
.
There are four airfields, which were used by the British
against Japan
ese forces in Burma during World War II
.
Dibrugarh district has a population
of 1,327,748, roughly equal to the nation of Mauritius
or the US state of Maine
. This gives it a ranking of 367th in India (out of a total of 640
). The district has a population density of 393 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate
over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.04 %. Dibrugarh has a sex ratio
of 952 females
for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate
of 76.22 %.
Hindus 1,075,878, Muslims 53,306 (4.5%), Christians 45,040.
The main communities inhabiting the district includes Ahoms, Tea tribes, Sonowal Kacharis
, Sutiya, Muttock, Moran
etc. There are also some Tai
speaking Buddhist communities like Tai-Phake, Khamti
and Khamyang
.
Language commonly used in the district are Assamese
, English, Hindi and Bengali.
In 1999 Dibrugarh district became home to Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
, which has an area of 340 square kilometre. It shares the park with Tinsukia district. It is also home to the Padumani-Bherjan-Borajan Wildlife Sanctuary, which was established in 1999 and has an area of 7.2 square kilometre.
was established by a personal grant from Dr. John Berry White after he retired as the civil surgeon of Lakhimpur district. The medical school, "John Berry White Medical School" was set up in 1900 at Dibrugarh, and thus this premier institute started its history, and marked a new era in education. Assam Medical College has the pride of having the first Radiology
department in India, as in 1910 two X-Ray
machine (One 10MA and another 15MA) was bought from England, only 15 years after the discovery of X-Rays by Professor Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in 1895-96. These two were the first X-Ray machines in India.
Apart from medical, the other higher fields of learning in the district are Pharmacology, Geology and Applied Geology and Petroleum Technology. All these courses are offered by Dibrugarh University
, which was established in the year 1965.
Beside the University, other centres for learning are:
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Districts of Assam
Assam, a state of India, has twenty-seven administrative districts.A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by the Deputy Commissioner , which combines the offices of the District Magistrate ultimately responsible for maintaining law and order and District...
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...
in 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...
. The district headquarters are located at Dibrugarh
Dibrugarh
Dibrugarh is the headquarters of Dibrugarh district, Assam, India, and is the second largest city in Assam after Guwahati. It is situated on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, about north-east of Guwahati. It is the gateway to the three tea-producing districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, and Sibsagar...
city. The district occupies an area
Area
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of 3381 km².
Etymology
Dibrugarh which is the headquarter of the district derived its name from Dibarumukh. The name derived from the mouth(mukh) of the river Dibaru or Dibru (BodoBodo
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word dibru, a blister) during the reign of Suhungmung, Pharsengmung Borgohain, Chao Siulung, Kilong fought against the Sutiya king who was defeated in the battle and surrendered before the Ahom King
Ahom Dynasty
The Ahom Dynasty ruled the Ahom Kingdom in present-day Assam for nearly 600 years. The dynasty was established by Sukaphaa, a Shan prince of Mong Mao who came to Assam after crossing the Patkai mountains...
.
History
Dibarumukh was a renowned encampment of Ahoms during Ahom Sutiya War. Dibrugarh became a separate district when it was split from LakhimpurLakhimpur district
Lakhimpur is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at North Lakhimpur.- History :...
in 1976. On 1 October 1989 Tinsukia district
Tinsukia district
Tinsukia district is one of the 27 administrative districts in the state of Assam, India. The district headquarters are located at Tinsukia. Tinsukia district occupies an area of , comparatively equivalent to South Georgia.- History :...
was split from Dibrugarh.
Geography
Dibrugarh district occupies an area of 3381 square kilometres (1,305.4 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to RussiaRussia
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's Vaygach Island
Vaygach Island
Vaygach Island is an island in the Arctic Sea between the Pechora Sea and the Kara Sea.Vaygach Island is separated from the Yugorsky Peninsula in the mainland by the Yugorsky Strait and from Novaya Zemlya by the Kara Strait...
. The district extends from 27° 5' 38" N to 27° 42' 30" N latitude
Latitude
In geography, the latitude of a location on the Earth is the angular distance of that location south or north of the Equator. The latitude is an angle, and is usually measured in degrees . The equator has a latitude of 0°, the North pole has a latitude of 90° north , and the South pole has a...
and 94°33'46"E to 95°29'8"E longitude
Longitude
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds, and denoted by the Greek letter lambda ....
. It is bounded by Dhemaji district
Dhemaji District
Dhemaji district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Dhemaji. The district occupies an area of 3237 km² and has a population of 571,944...
on the north, Tinsukia district on the east, Tirap district
Tirap district
The Tirap district is located in the southeastern part of the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. It shares a state border with Nagaland and Assam, an international border with Myanmar and a district border with Changlang.- History :...
of Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India, located in the far northeast. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south, and shares international borders with Burma in the east, Bhutan in the west, and the People's Republic of China in the north. The majority of the territory is claimed by...
on the south-east and Sibsagar district
Sibsagar district
Sibsagar district -- also known as Sivasagar -- is one of the 27 districts of Assam state in north-eastern India. Sibsagar city is the administrative headquarters of this district.-History:...
on the north and south-west. The area stretches from the north bank of the Brahmaputra, which flows for a length of 95 km through the northern margin of the district, to the Patkai
Patkai
The Pat-kai meaning to Cut Chicken in Tai Ahom language are the hills on India's North Eastern border with Burma. They were created by the same tectonic processes that resulted in the formation of the Himalayain the Mesozoic . They are not as rugged as the Himalayas and its peaks are much lower...
foothills on the south. The Burhi Dihing, a major tributary of the Brahmaputra with its network of tributaries and wetland
Wetland
A wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally. Wetlands are categorised by their characteristic vegetation, which is adapted to these unique soil conditions....
s flows through the district from east to west.
There is a large tract of Tropical Rainforest
Tropical rainforest
A tropical rainforest is an ecosystem type that occurs roughly within the latitudes 28 degrees north or south of the equator . This ecosystem experiences high average temperatures and a significant amount of rainfall...
in its eastern and southern regions, which is a part of the Dehing Patkai wildlife sanctuary.
Economy
Tea and oil are the major revenue earners for the district.Dibrugarh has the world's largest area covered by tea gardens. The entire district is surrounded by tea
Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
plantations and has tea factories. Many tea gardens are more than 100 years old.
The world's oldest running oil refinery is situated in Digboi
Digboi
Digboi is a town and a town area committee in Tinsukia district in the north-eastern part of the state of Assam, IndiaCrude oil was discovered here in late 19th century, in a span of ten years when the discovery of Oil took place in first Oil drilling in the world. Digboi oilfield has the oldest...
(Tinsukia
Tinsukia
Tinsukia is a city and a municipal board in Tinsukia district, Assam, India.Tinsukia is a business city in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated north east of Guwahati and kilometres away from the border with Arunachal Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Tinsukia District of...
District). The entire district has many oil and natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
rigs owned by the Oil India Limited and Oil and Natural Gas Commission.
The headquarters of Oil India Limited is located in Duliajan, a town 50 km from Dibrugarh Town.
The majority of the population are occupied in farming of rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
, sugar-cane, pulses, and fish farming.
Beside these many rice and oilseed mills exist. Also there are some coal mining and petroleum
Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...
production industries.
Divisions
The Administrative System is divided into:- Village (Total no of Villages 1361)
- Block (Total no of Blocks 7)
- Gaon Panchayats (Total no of Gaon Panchayats 93)
- Zilla Parishad (Total no of Zilla Parishad 1)
In the lower-house (Lok Sabha) of the Indian Parliament, Dibrugarh is one constituency and represented by one elected Member of the Parliament.
The towns of the District are Dibrugarh, Chabua, Naharkatia, Duliajan and Namrup
Revenue Circles: Dibrugarh East, Dibrugarh West, Chabua, Tengakhat, Naharkatia, Tingkhong and Moran.
Police Stations: Dibrugarh Sadar Town (City), Lahowal(City), Chabua, Tengakhat, Duliajan, Naharkatia, Joypur, Tingkhong, Rajgarh, Moran, Khowang, Borboruah(City), Rohmoria, Ghoramora.
There are seven Assam Legislative Assembly constituencies in this district: Moran, Dibrugarh, Lahowal, Duliajan, Tingkhong, Naharkatia, and Chabua. Chabua is in the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency
Lakhimpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India.-Assembly segments:Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments :* Majuli * Naoboicha* Lakhimpur...
, whilst the other six are in the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency
Dibrugarh (Lok Sabha constituency)
Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India.-Assembly segments:Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments :* Moran* Dibrugarh* Lahowal* Duliajan...
.
Transport
Dibrugarh is well linked by roads, railway, airway (Mohanbari Airport) and waterway.There are four airfields, which were used by the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
against Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese forces in Burma during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census2011 census of India
The 15th Indian National census was conducted in two phases, houselisting and population enumeration. Houselisting phase began on April 1, 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings...
Dibrugarh district has a population
Demographics of India
The demographics of India are inclusive of the second most populous country in the world, with over 1.21 billion people , more than a sixth of the world's population. Already containing 17.5% of the world's population, India is projected to be the world's most populous country by 2025, surpassing...
of 1,327,748, roughly equal to the nation of Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
or the US state of Maine
Maine
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. This gives it a ranking of 367th in India (out of a total of 640
Districts of India
A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Districts are further subdivided, in some cases into Sub-Divisions, and otherwise directly into tehsils or talukas.District officials include:...
). The district has a population density of 393 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate
Family planning in India
Family planning in India is based on efforts largely sponsored by the Indian government. In the 1965-2009 period, contraceptive usage has more than tripled and the fertility rate has more than halved , but the national fertility rate is still high enough to cause long-term population growth...
over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.04 %. Dibrugarh has a sex ratio
Sex ratio
Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. The primary sex ratio is the ratio at the time of conception, secondary sex ratio is the ratio at time of birth, and tertiary sex ratio is the ratio of mature organisms....
of 952 females
Women in India
The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times through the low points of the medieval period, to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers, the history of women in India has been eventful...
for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate
Literacy in India
Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and India currently has the...
of 76.22 %.
Hindus 1,075,878, Muslims 53,306 (4.5%), Christians 45,040.
The main communities inhabiting the district includes Ahoms, Tea tribes, Sonowal Kacharis
Sonowal Kacharis
The Sonowal Kacharis are a division of the Kachari family of north east India specially in Assam Tibeto-Burman speakers and are predominantly inhabitants of Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Tinisukia and Dibrugarh district of Assam....
, Sutiya, Muttock, Moran
Moran
Moran is a modern Irish surname and derived from membership of a medieval dynastic sept. The name means a descendent of Mórán, translated as Big One. Morans were a respected sept of the Uí Fiachrach dynasty in the western counties of Mayo and Sligo...
etc. There are also some Tai
Tai
Tai may refer to:*Tai peoples*Tai languages*Tai , a Chinese surname*Mount Tai, in Shandong, China*Lake Tai, on the border of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, China...
speaking Buddhist communities like Tai-Phake, Khamti
Khamti
The Khamti, whose name is also spelled as Hkamti by the Burmese and Khampti by the Assamese, is a sub-group of the Shan people found in the Sagaing Division, Hkamti District in northwestern Burma as well as Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh in India. Smaller numbers can be found in parts of Assam...
and Khamyang
Khamyang
Khamyang, also known as Shyam, is a tribal group found primarily in Tinsukia, Jorhat and Sivasagar districts of Assam as well as adjacent parts of Arunachal Pradesh. They have a population of 35,000, of which only a small minority speak the native Tai-based language...
.
Language commonly used in the district are Assamese
Assamese language
Assamese is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language. It is used mainly in the state of Assam in North-East India. It is also the official language of Assam. It is also spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states. Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language is widely used in...
, English, Hindi and Bengali.
Flora and fauna
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park is a national wildlife park in Tinsukia, Assam, India.Dibru - Saikhowa national park is located at about 12 km north of Tinsukia town of Assam covering an area of 350 sq. km. It lies between 27°30' N to 27°45' N latitude and 95°10' E to 95°45'E longitude at an average...
, which has an area of 340 square kilometre. It shares the park with Tinsukia district. It is also home to the Padumani-Bherjan-Borajan Wildlife Sanctuary, which was established in 1999 and has an area of 7.2 square kilometre.
Education
The district is the pivot of higher education in the entire North East India. Right from the British India period the district has been a center for learning. The Assam Medical CollegeAssam Medical College
Assam Medical College was formally established on November 3, 1947 at Dibrugarh. It was, however, earlier known as Berry-White School of Medicine, which was founded in 1900. It has the distinction of being the first medical college in the entire North-eastern region of India...
was established by a personal grant from Dr. John Berry White after he retired as the civil surgeon of Lakhimpur district. The medical school, "John Berry White Medical School" was set up in 1900 at Dibrugarh, and thus this premier institute started its history, and marked a new era in education. Assam Medical College has the pride of having the first Radiology
Radiology
Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases...
department in India, as in 1910 two X-Ray
X-ray
X-radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz and energies in the range 120 eV to 120 keV. They are shorter in wavelength than UV rays and longer than gamma...
machine (One 10MA and another 15MA) was bought from England, only 15 years after the discovery of X-Rays by Professor Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in 1895-96. These two were the first X-Ray machines in India.
Apart from medical, the other higher fields of learning in the district are Pharmacology, Geology and Applied Geology and Petroleum Technology. All these courses are offered by Dibrugarh University
Dibrugarh University
Dibrugarh University is a university in the Indian state of Assam. It was set up in 1965 under the provisions of the Dibrugarh University Act, 1965, enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating university with limited residential facilities.-Accreditation:It is...
, which was established in the year 1965.
Beside the University, other centres for learning are:
- Dibrugarh Poly-technique (offering various diploma courses in Electrical, Civil and Mechanical fields).
- Regional Medical Research Centre -RMRC (a centre for scientific and research in Bio-medical sciences where major health problems and its causes are studied).
External links
- Government website
- Dibrugarh Wikitravel
- Assam Medical College
- Dibrugarh University
- Dibrugarh Online Website
27.474161°N 94.918098°W