Dumuria is a village and a Gaon Panchayat in

Bajali district Bajali district is a district of the Indian state of Assam, carved out of Barpeta district. The Assam Cabinet headed by former Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal approved the proposal to make Bajali a full-fledged district on 10 August 2020. On 12 ...

in the

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History

Dumuria served as the second capital of the Bijni kingdom, a branch of the

Koch dynasty The Koch dynasty (; 1515–1949) ruled parts of eastern Indian subcontinent in present-day Assam and Bengal. Biswa Singha established power in the erstwhile Kamata Kingdom which had emerged from the decaying Kamarupa Kingdom. The dynasty c ...

. The capital had been located in a village now known as

Bijni Bijni is a town in Chirang district under the jurisdiction of Bodoland Territorial Council which controls the districts of the Bodoland Territorial Region in the state of Assam. History Bijni is one of the Duars under Eastern Duars. Bijni was ...

until it was attacked in 1864 by Jhawlia Mech, a chieftain from

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. This event was followed by the Assam earthquake of 1897 which severally damaged the royal palaces of Dumuria. In search of a safe haven, the capital was temporarily relocated to

Jogighopa Jogighopa is a small town located on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra River in the Bongaigaon district in the state of Assam, India. Within the city, there are the remains of the five rock cut caves which are assumed to be examples of Ml ...

before finally settling in the Deohati forest area which was later renamed as

Abhayapuri Abhayapuri (IPA: əbɑˈjə'pʊərɪ or alternatively əbeɪjəˈpʊərɪ) is a town in the Bongaigaon district and 21 km away from Bongaigaon town. It is the headquarters of the North Salmara sub-division. It is surrounded by natural fores ...

Administration

The Bajali district headquarters in Madon Rauta Nagar comes under area jurisdiction of Dumuria village.

Demographics

India

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, Dumuria had a population of 1367. Males constitute 50% (683) of the population and females 50% (684).Total number of Household is 251. Dumuria has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 76%. In Dumuria, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. 100% of the population is ethnic Assamese people and they speak Assamese.

Boundary

It is around 3 km west from

Pathsala Pathsala is a town in the Bajali District, now in Assam, India, with a population of nearly 11.5 thousand (according to the 2011 census) and an area of 2.74 square kilometres. Bajali is a newly formed district of the Indian state of Assam, ca ...

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Education

Dumuria has

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, ME School,

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References

Cities and towns in Barpeta district Barpeta {{Assam-geo-stub