Karimganj
 | This article possibly contains original research. (September 2017) |
Karimganj | |
|---|---|
city | |
  Karimganj Location in Assam, India  Karimganj Karimganj (India)  Karimganj Karimganj (Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 24°52′N 92°21′E / 24.87°N 92.35°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Karimganj |
| Government | |
| • Body | Karimganj Municipality Board |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 56,854 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[1] |
| • Regional | Sylheti[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-AS |
| Vehicle registration | AS 10 |
| Website | karimganj |
Karimganj is a city in the Karimganj District of the Indian state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Karimganj city is located at 24°52′N 92°21′E / 24.87°N 92.35°E.[3] The area of Karimganj city is 16.09 km2. It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet).
Demographics
Per the official census of 2011, the populatio of Karimganj is 50.80 percent of male and 49.20 percent female. Children aged 0 to 6 years were 4.8 percent.
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 12234 households as of 2011.[4][5]
Politics
Karimganj consists of five assembly constituencies: Karimganj North and Karimganj South, Badarpur, Patharkandi, and Ratabari; all of which are part of Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[6]
Notable people
- Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904-1974), Bengali writer, academician, scholar and linguist
- Kamalakya Dey Purkayastha,current MLA of Karimganj.
- Dwarka Nath Das, former MP of Karimganj (1991-1998)
- Kripanath Mallah, current MP of Karimganj
- Arunodoy Bhattacharjee, Ex- Chief Secretary,Assam.
- Lt Triguna Sen,Jadavpur University,Vanaras Hindu University Ex-Vice Chancellor and Former Union Minister(Education).
- Lt Ranendra Mohan Das(Dulu Babu),Social worker.
Gallery
See also
- Government Boys' HS School Ground, the town's cricket ground
- Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency)
References
- ^ India, Press Trust of (9 September 2014). "Govt withdraws Assamese as official language from Barak valley". Business Standard India. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Sylheti". Ethnologue. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "redirect to /world/IN/00/Karimganj.html". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "2011 Census - Karimganj (MB)". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK - KARIMGANJ" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
