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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dhekiajuli
| other_name =
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| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map = India Assam#India
| pushpin_label_position = left
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.7|N|92.5|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]]
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| governing_body = Dhekiajuli Municipal Board
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 100
| population_total = 19743
| population_as_of = 2001
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 784110
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| registration_plate = AS
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| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-AS]]
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'''Dhekiajuli''' is a town and a [[municipal board]] in [[Sonitpur district]] in the state of [[Assam]], [[India]].

==Geography==

Dhekiajuli is located at {{Coord|26.7|N|92.5|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/3/Dhekiajuli.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dhekiajuli]</ref> It has an average elevation of 100 metres (328 ft). There are several tea estates in its vicinity. Some of the major ones include Sapoi, Julia, Dibru-Darrang, Tinkhuria and Deckiajuli TE, Panbari TE run by Kanoi Groups of Companies) etc. [[Orang National Park]] is 31.7 km west of the main town of Dhekiajuli. The river [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]] crosses the town.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=322948|title=Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|publisher=Census Commission of India}}</ref> Dhekiajuli has a population of 21,579. Males constitute 51.42% of the population and females 48.58%. Dhekiajuli has an average literacy rate of 81.41%, higher than the national average of 74.04%. Male literacy rate is 85.07% while female literacy rate is 77.54%. 9.58% of the population is under 6 years of age. The town is fairly active in commercial trade centres.{{fact|date=February 2019}} There is a daily market and weekly market hosting numerous shop vendors and people who sell their own as well as the local produce.{{fact|date=February 2019}} The weekly market is open on Sundays. The town and its shops, except for medical centres and other public services, are officially closed on Tuesdays for restocking supplies.{{fact|date=February 2019}}

==Government==
Dhekiajuli is part of [[Tezpur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

Currently, the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)]] is the ruling party of Dhekiajuli.

'''MLA: ''' Ashok Singhal (BJP)

==Assam Violence in December 2014==
{{See also|December 2014 Assam violence}}
In December 2014, a series of attacks by militants resulted in deaths of more than 75 people in Assam. The attacks took place in [[Chirang district|Chirang]], [[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]] and [[Kokrajhar district|Kokrajhar]] districts on 23 December 2014. They have been attributed to the [[I K Songbijit|Songbijit]] faction of [[National Democratic Front of Boroland|National Democratic Front of Bodoland]], also known as [[National Democratic Front of Boroland|NDFB]](S).

The tribal people are mostly work in tea plantations. Some of them are the descendants of labourers brought to Assam by the British colonial rulers, while others are relatively recent migrants from other parts of India. The NDFB claims to represent the Bodo people, who are native to Assam. It has fought a secessionist war with the government for the establishment of a sovereign Bodoland. Although a number of NDFB militants had agreed to ceasefire and peace talks in the 2000s, the NDFB(S) faction led by [[I. K. Songbijit]] has refused to give up their militancy.

In May, the government had attributed a similar attack on Muslim migrants to NDFB(S). The December attacks, described as one of the worst massacres in the history of North-East India, led to widespread protests by tribal people. The protests turned violent leading to three more deaths in the hands of the police. The tribal people also killed fourteen Bodos in retaliation. On 26 December, the Government of India declared the launch of [[Operation All Out (2014)|Operation All Out]] to eliminate the Bodo militants and deployed as many as 9,000 soldiers of the Indian Army and the Central Reserve Police Force.

== Transport ==
[[Dhekiajuli Road railway station]] is a railway station on [[Rangiya–Murkongselek section]] under [[Rangiya railway division]] of [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=roy|first=Joydeep|title=Dhekiajuli Road Railway Station Map/Atlas NFR/Northeast Frontier Zone - Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/dhekiajuli-road-dkjr/8038|access-date=2021-05-26|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref>

== Education ==
The area is fairly occupied by educational institutions. There is [[Lokanayak Omeo Kumar Das College|a college]] for Science, Arts and Commerce streams for higher secondary and degree courses as well. Junior colleges have been recently set up near its vicinity as of 2018. Tutorial homes and coaching centres for clearing entrances are rapidly increasing in number. Compared to Science and Commerce streams, the Arts stream is preferred by the students and is therefore much more heavily populated. This is completely a matter of the students' personal preference and has nothing to do with the facilities available. Contrarily, the Science stream in [[Lokanayak Omeo Kumar Das College|LOKD College]] is government funded and well-maintained with labs and has a strong faculty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lokdcollege.in/History.php|title=History|last=Technologies|first=Zantra|website=lokdcollege.in|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name of Institution
!Head of Institution
!Address
!Type
!Medium of Instruction
|-
|Dhekiajuli Boys High School
|
|Ward No. 8, Dhekiajuli, Assam
|Govt. Boys High School (SEBA)
|Assamese
|-
|[[Debendra Green Grove English High School]]
|Mr. Biplab Dey
|Monojuli, Dhekiajuli, Assam
|Private Co-ed High School (SEBA)
|English
|-
|Dhekiajuli Girls High School
|
|Ward No. 8, Dhekiajuli, Assam
|Govt. Girls High School (SEBA)
|Assamese
|-
|Little Angels High School
|
|Ward No. 8, Dhekiajuli, Assam
|Private Co-ed High School (SEBA)
|English
|-
|[[Lokanayak Omeo Kumar Das College]]
|Dr. Sukdev Adhikari<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lokdcollege.in/Governing_Body.php|title=Governing Body of LOKD College|website=Lokanayak Omeo Kumar Das College}}</ref>
|LOKD College Road, Dhekiajuli, Assam
|Govt. Higher Secondary (AHSEC) and Degree College
|English, Assamese, Bengali, Hindi
|-
|Netaji Bidya Mandir
|Mr. Chaitanya Bhadra
|Netaji Road, Dhekiajuli, Assam
|Govt. Co-ed High School (SEBA)
|Bengali
|-
|Saraswati Public School
|
|Near LOKD College, Dhekiajuli, Assam
|Private Co-ed High School (CBSE)
|English
|-
|St. Ursula High School
|
|
|Private Co-ed High School (SEBA)
|English
|-
|Tea Buds High School
|
|
|Private Co-ed High School (SEBA)
|English
|-
|Vivekananda Sister Nivedita
|Mr. Prithis Chandra Dey<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb0313/state06|title=Tributes paid to Lokanayak at Dhekiajuli|date=3 February 2013|work=The Assam Tribune|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref>
|
|Private Co-ed High School (SEBA)
|English
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Sonitpur district]]
[[Category:Sonitpur district]]

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