Chirang District is an administrative

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in the

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Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur t ...

state in the

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of India.

History

It is a relatively new district in the

. Chirang district has been carved out from

Bongaigaon district Bongaigaon district (Prpn:ˈbɒŋgaɪˌgãʊ) is an administrative district in the state of Assam in northeastern India. The district headquarters are located at Bongaigaon. The district occupies an area of 1,093 km2. Etymology According ...

in 2004. The word "Chirang" has derived from

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word - "Chi" means Water and "Rang" means Rain. It may also be a copy of

Tsirang District Tsirang District (Dzongkha: རྩི་རང་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: ''Rtsi-rang rdzong-khag''; previously (Chirang), is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) of Bhutan. The administrative center of the district is Damphu. Tsirang ...

of neighbouring Bhutan. On the other hand, most of the people regarded the word Chirang is derived from the Bodo word Chirang or Sirang. Si means life and Rang means Money. Sirang was an area which is covered by valuable soil, plants, trees, flora and fauna or the things which are necessary for human life. Thus, it is a place which is important for human life or the place which is just like money or valuable for life and is later come to know Si + Rang = Sirang. After some time, the word articulated to Chirang from Sirang. And thus, the word Sirang is latter known as Chirang.

Geography

National protected area

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(Part) -

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Flora and fauna

In 1990 Chirang district became home to

, which has an area of . It shares the park with four other districts.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Chirang district has a population of 482,162, roughly equal to the nation of Suriname. This gives it a ranking of 547th in India (out of a total of

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). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.26%. Chirang has a sex ratio of 969 females for every 1000 males, and a

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of 64.71%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 7.29% and 37.06% of the population respectively.

Religion

Hindus make up the majority, with 66.50%. Muslims are the second largest with 22.66%. Christians are third with 10.32%.

Language

According to the 2011 census, 37.83% of the population spoke

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, 28.86%

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, 17.66% Assamese, 4.73% Santali, 4.22% Rajbongshi, 2.51%

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, 1.11% Kurukh and 1.06% Hindi as their first language.

Villages

* Soulmary

References

External links

Official website
{{Assam Districts of Assam Cities and towns in Chirang district 2004 establishments in Assam Bodoland