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Karimganj
Karimganj, officially Sribhumi, is a town in the Karimganj district of the Indian States and territories of India, state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district. Karimganj town is located at . The area of Karimganj Town is 16.09 km2. It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet). Bengali language, Bengali and Meitei language, Meitei(Manipuri) are the official and the additional official languages of the town respectively. On 21 November 2024, the Government of Assam, Assam government renamed Karimganj town as Sribhumi town. Demographics Population As per as the official census of 2011, Karimganj Town had a population of 56,854 of which 28,473 are males while 28,381 are females. Children in the age group of 0 to 6 years were 4,946. Karimganj had a literacy rate of 86.35%, out of which male literacy was 87.91% and female literacy was 84.78%. The sex ratio is 996. There were 12,234 households as of 2011. Religion Most of the peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karimganj District
Karimganj district, officially Sribhumi district, is one of the 35 List of districts of Assam, districts of the Indian state of Assam. The district's administrative headquarters and largest town is Karimganj. Located in southern Assam, it shares borders with the Indian state of Tripura and the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. Alongside Hailakandi district, Hailakandi and Cachar district, Cachar, it forms the Barak Valley region. Historically, the area was part of Greater Sylhet, Sylhet District before the Partition of India in 1947. It was later designated as a separate district in 1983. Etymology Rabindranath Tagore referred to the region as ''Sribhumi'' (), and in November 2024, the district was officially renamed to reflect Tagore, Tagore's vision. Previously known as Karimganj, the district derived its name from Muhammad Karim Chowdhury, a Bengali Muslim mirashdar who established a bazaar (market) near the confluence of the Natikhal and Kushiyara rivers. History 1700s and 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karimganj (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India, covering Karimganj and Hailakandi districts in the Barak Valley. Assembly segments Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Current assembly segments Previous assembly segments Members of Parliament Election results General Elections 2024 General Elections 2019 General elections 2014 ''The Sentinel''. 16 candidates file nomination in Karimganj'' General elections 2009 General elections 2004 See also * Karimganj district * 2019 Indian general election in Assam * List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament ( MPs). Each member of parliament represents a single geographic constituency. The maximum size of the Lok Sabha as outlined in the Constitution of ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karimganj Lok Sabha Constituency
Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India, covering Karimganj district, Karimganj and Hailakandi district, Hailakandi districts in the Barak Valley. Assembly segments Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Current assembly segments Previous assembly segments Members of Parliament Election results General Elections 2024 General Elections 2019 General elections 2014 ''The Sentinel''. 16 candidates file nomination in Karimganj'' General elections 2009 General elections 2004 See also * Karimganj district * 2019 Indian general election in Assam * List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha References External linksKarimganj lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule {{DEFAULTSORT:Karimganj (Lok Sabha Constituency) Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam Karimganj district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karimganj North Assembly Constituency
Karimganj North Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly. Karimganj North (constituency number 3) is one of the 5 constituencies located in Karimganj district. Karimganj North is part of Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency along with 7 other assembly segments, namely, Patharkandi, Karimganj South, Ratabari and Badarpur in Karimganj district, Hailakandi, Katlicherra and Algapur in Hailakandi district. Members of Legislative Assembly since 1957 * 1957: Ranendra Mohan Das, Praja Socialist Party * 1962: Rathindra Nath Sen, Independent * 1967: Rathindra Nath Sen, Independent * 1972: Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury, Indian National Congress * 1978: Nishith Ranjan Das, Communist Party of India (Marxist) * 1983: Ketaki Prasad Dutta, Indian National Congress * 1985: Sirajul Hoque Choudhury, Independent * 1991: Mission Ranjan Das, Bharatiya Janata Party * 1996: Sirajul Hoque Choudhury, Asom Gana Parishad * 2000: Mission Ranjan Das, Bharatiy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assam
Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, northeastern India by area and the largest in terms of population, with more than 31 million inhabitants. The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a strip of land that connects the state to the rest of India. Assamese language, Assamese and Bodo language, Bodo are two of the official languages for the entire state and Meitei language, Meitei (Manipuri language, Manipuri) is recognised as an additional official language in three districts of Barak Valley and Hojai district. in Hojai district and for the Barak valley region, alongside Bengali language, Bengali, which is also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barak Valley Engineering College
Barak Valley Engineering College (BVEC) is a state government Engineering education in India, engineering college located in Karimganj, Karimganj, Assam. It was established on 14 August 2017 by Assam Government at Karimganj district, Assam. It is affiliated to Assam Science and Technology University. On 2 March 2011, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi laid the foundation stone of the Barak Valley Engineering College in Karimganj district, which was proposed by the Assam Government officially. The college started to offer Bachelor of Technology, B.Tech degree in Computer science, Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from the academic year 2017–18. It is the fifth state government engineering college of Assam and first in Barak Valley. History In 2009, the Government of Assam took the first move to set up the college. In 2017, the government started its full-fledged operation of the college under the influence of Directorate of Technical E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karimganj College
Karimganj College, established in 1946, is one of the oldest undergraduate, coeducational college situated in Karimganj, Assam and is affiliated with the Assam University. Departments The college has total 19 departments and centres covering science and mathematics, commerce and humanities. Science *Botany & Biotechnology *Chemistry *Computer Science *Computer Application *Ecology and Environmental Science *Geology *Mathematics *Physics *Statistics *Zoology Commerce *Commerce Arts *Arabic *Bengali *Economics * English *History *Philosophy *Political Science *Sanskrit Karimganj College Students Union (KCSU) The Union activities are divided into indoor and out-door sports, cultural activities, meeting and debates social service etc. Membership to the Union is compulsory. Principal is the Ex-officio President of the Union. Other office bearers and Class Representatives are elected annually from amongst the student who act under supervision of professors-in-charge of different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kripanath Mallah
Kripanath Mallah (born 15 October 1973) is an Indian politician serving as the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament in the 18th Lok Sabha from Karimganj constituency of Assam. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had been elected in Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2011 and 2016 from Ratabari constituency. Previously, he was a member of Indian National Congress from Ratabari constituency in 2011. The Gauhati High Court had issued summons to Kripanath Mallah in July 2024 for alleged booth capturing and other poll irregularities cases against him during 2024 Indian general election, 2024 Election where he won by a margin of 18360 votes against Indian National Congress, congress candidate Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury. Mallah got 5,45,093 votes while Hafiz secured 5,26,733 votes. Early life Mallah was born on 15 October 1973 and hails from Bidyanagar village (Bidyanagar Tea Estate) in Karimganj district. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha
Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha is an Indian politician from the State of Assam, belonging to Indian National Congress. He was elected as MLA of Karimganj North (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for the first time in 2011 defeating the four-time BJP MLA Mission Ranjan Das, breaking the misfortune of congress in North Karimganj after 25 years, he was once again re elected in 2016. In 2021, he won for the third consecutive time. He was also the deputy chief whip of Congress Legislative Party in Assam. Early life He started his political career as a student leader of NSUI The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) is the student wing of the Indian National Congress. It was established on 9 April 1971, founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad ... in 1996, a year later he got elected as the general secretary of Karimganj College Students Union and vice president the next year. Career On 24 July 2021, he was appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylheti Language
Sylheti (Sylheti Nagri: , ''síloṭi'', ; , ''sileṭi'', ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken by an estimated 11 million people, primarily in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh, Barak Valley of Assam, and northern parts of Tripura in India."Sylheti is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 11 million people in India and Bangladesh (Hammarström et al., 2017). Sylheti is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language, primarily spoken in the Sylhet division of Bangladesh, and in Barak valley, in Assam of the India and in the northern parts of the state of Tripura in India." Besides, there are substantial numbers of Sylheti speakers in the Indian states of Meghalaya, Manipur, and Nagaland as well as diaspora communities in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and the Middle East. It is variously perceived as either a Bengali dialects, dialect of Bengali or a language in its own right. While most linguists consider it an independent language,"Along the linguistic co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts Of India
A district (''Zila (country subdivision), zila''), also known as revenue district, is an Administrative divisions of India, administrative division of an States and union territories of India, Indian state or territory. In some cases, districts are further subdivided into Revenue division, sub-divisions, and in others directly into tehsil, ''tehsils'' or ''talukas''. , there are a total of 780 districts in India. This count includes Mahe and Yanam which are Census districts and not Administrative districts and also includes the temporary Maha Kumbh Mela district but excludes Itanagar Capital Complex which has a Deputy Commissioner but is not an official district. District Administration ;The District officials include: *District Judge (India), District & Sessions Judge (Principal & additional), an officer belonging to the Judiciary of India, Indian Judicial Service (state), responsible for justice and passing orders of imprisonment, including the Capital punishment, death pena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
