Profile of Karimganj District, Assam, India

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Population and Demography

Population Census of 2001

As per the last population census held in 2001, the population of Karimganj District is 10,07,976.

Category

Population

General

8,74,118

Scheduled Caste

1,30,957

Scheduled Tribe

2901

Total

10,07,976

Caste Distribution : A fairly large percentage (13%) of the population belongs to the Scheduled Caste community largely comprising Kaibarta and Namashudra castes. Total Scheduled Tribe population of the district was put at only 2901 by the 2001 Census Report - a figure largely disputed by many, according to whom the ST population was grossly under-enumerated in the census. The tribal population of the district largely comprises Dimasas, Khasis, Barmans, Tripuras, Halams and many others.
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Language : The predominant language of the district is Bengali (particularly, Sylheti, a dialect of Bengali spoken by the people of Sylhet, now in Bangladesh, to which Karimganj once belonged). The other important languages spoken in the district are Hindi (used largely by the tea-plantation workers who migrated from Bihar, eastern UP and other states), Manipuri, Assamese, Dimasa, Khasi and so on.

ReligionPopulationPercentage
Hindu414,73150.15%
Muslim406,70649.17%
Christian4,7740.58%
Jain4090.05%
Buddhist2860.01%
Sikh500.01%
Not stated1070.01%
Total827,063100.00%

CategoryPopulation
Total
Urban Area73850
Rural Area934126
Total District1007976
Urbanisation : As much as 93% of the district population lives in rural areas. Urban population accounts for only about 7% compared to 11% for the state (Assam) and 26% for the country (India). Of course, the rural area includes many semi-urban localities like small townships which can boast of many of the urban facilities, though yet to be notified as towns. There are only two notified Urban areas in The District - Karimganj Town (administered by Karimganj Municipal Board with a population of 43,883) and Badarpur Urban Area (administered by Badarpur Town Committee and Badarpur Railway Town Committee with a combined population of 16,498). Other semi-urban localities are Ramkrishna Nagar, Patharkandi, Nilambazar etc.
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Population Density : Population density of Karimganj district, is one of the highest in India. With a total population of 1007976 (in 2001) and a total land area of 1809 Sq.Km., the density stands at 557 persons per sq.km. This far outstrips the corresponding state figure of 286 and the national figure of 273. In fact, this is the second highest district level density in the whole of North-east. With the further growth of population in the last few years, the density has gone up further.

Category No. of Literates
Male Female Total
Urban32,33728,07860,415
Rural2,86,6882,02,8364,89,524
Total3,19,0252,30,9145,49,939
Literacy : Despite a lot of progress in the field of education on post-independence era, more than 45% of the district population is still illiterate as per Census-2001. Somewhat comforting, however, is the fact that the literacy rate of the district at 55.78% is marginally higher than the State (Assam) average of 52.89% and also the national (Indian) average of 52.21%. In the area of Female literacy also, the district average (44.76%) is significantly ahead of the corresponding national figure of 39.29%.
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(note : For calculating % of literacy, the population of age 6 years and above only has been taken into consideration.)

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