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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Dibrugarh}}
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| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Assam|District]] of [[Assam]]
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,327,748
| population_footnotes = <ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web|year=2011|title=District census 2011 - Dibrugarh|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/18/1811_PART_A_DCHB_DIBRUGARH.pdf|url-status=live|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114034910/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/18/1811_PART_A_DCHB_DIBRUGARH.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2016 }}</ref>
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| demographics1_info1 = 76.22%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 961 per 1000 male
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| leader_name1 = [[Dibrugarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dibrugarh]], [[Lakhimpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lakhimpur]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = [[Moran (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Moran]], [[Dibrugarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dibrugarh]], [[Lahowal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahowal]], [[Duliajan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Duliajan]], [[Tingkhong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tingkhong]], [[Naharkatia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Naharkatia]], [[Chabua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chabua]]
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'''Dibrugarh''' (Pron:ˌdɪbru:ˈgor:) is an administrative [[districts of Assam|district]] in the state of [[Assam]] in [[India]]. The district headquarters are located within the city of [[Dibrugarh]], which the district itself is named for. The district occupies an [[area]] of 3381 km².

==Etymology==

Dibrugarh derived its name from Dibarumukh (as a renowned encampment of Ahoms during the Ahom-Chutia war). Either the name “Dibru” evolved from Dibaru river or from the [[Bodo-Kachari]] word “Dibru” which means a “blister” and “Garh” meaning "fort". The [[Bodo-Kachari]]s add the prefix “Di-” (which means “water”) wherever there is small stream, a river, or a large river in a town or city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Dibrugarh – Dibrugarh University|url=https://dibru.ac.in/about-dibrugarh/|access-date=2021-08-22|language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==
The region was part of the [[Chutia Kingdom]] until the Ahoms occupied it in the year 1523 AD. The Chutia army under the generals Kasitora, Alangi Chetia and Borpatra fought against the Ahoms at Dibrumukh,<ref>Deodhai Assam Buranji, p.1</ref> but were defeated. After the Ahoms captured Sadiya in 1524 AD, bringing an end to the Chutia kingdom, the Ahom king [[Suhungmung]] placed an official named ''Chaolung Shulung'' to control the region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.450867|title=Ahom-buranji|date=12 November 1939|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>{{bcn|date=March 2022}} Dibrugarh became a separate district when it was split from [[Lakhimpur district|Lakhimpur]] on 2 October 1971.<ref name="RKG Dibrugarh">{{cite web | url = https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CUN2_25eEhvyY1I0e3FKkPkE8zvGLS6E | title = Govt Order No. AAP 110/70/169 dtd 24th Sept/1971 | access-date = 2019-11-28 | last = Government of Assam | first = Govt of Assam | date = 2019-11-28 | work = RKG Dibrugarh}}</ref> On 1 October 1989 [[Tinsukia district]] was split from Dibrugarh.<ref name="RKG Dibrugarh"/>

==Geography==
Dibrugarh district occupies an area of {{convert|3381|km2|sqmi}},<ref name="Reference Annual">{{cite book|title=India 2010: A Reference Annual|publisher=Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]]|year=2010|isbn=978-81-230-1617-7|edition=54th|location=New Delhi, India|pages=1116|chapter=States and Union Territories: Assam: Government|last1=Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.)}}</ref> comparatively equivalent to [[Russia]]'s [[Vaygach Island]].<ref name="Islands">{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | access-date = 2011-10-11 | date = 1998-02-18 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Vaygach Island 3,329}}</ref> The district extends from 27° 5' 38" N to 27° 42' 30" N [[latitude]] and 94°33'46"E to 95°29'8"E [[longitude]]. It is bounded by [[Dhemaji district]] on the north, Tinsukia district on the east, [[Tirap district]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] on the south-east and [[Sibsagar district]] on the north and south-west. The area stretches from the north bank of the [[Brahmaputra]], which flows for a length of 95 km through the northern margin of the district, to the [[Patkai]] foothills on the south. The Burhi Dihing, a major tributary of the Brahmaputra with its network of tributaries and [[wetland]]s flows through the district from east to west.
There is a large tract of [[Tropical Rainforest]] in its eastern and southern regions, which is a part of the [[Dehing Patkai]] wildlife sanctuary.

==Economy==

Tea and oil are the major revenue earners for the district. Beside these many rice and [[oilseed]] mills exist. Also there are some coal mining and [[petroleum]] production industries.

===Agriculture===
The majority of the population are occupied in farming of [[rice]], [[sugar-cane]], [[pulses]], and fish farming.

Dibrugarh has the world's largest area covered by tea gardens. The entire district is surrounded by [[tea]] plantations and has tea factories. Many tea gardens are more than 100 years old.

===Industry===
The world's oldest running oil refinery is situated in [[Digboi]] ([[Tinsukia]] District). The entire district has many oil and [[natural gas]] rigs owned by the Oil India Limited and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.

The headquarters of [[Oil India Limited]] is located in [[Duliajan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oil-india.com/OOffices.aspx |title=Oil India Limited :: A Navratna Company |publisher=Oil-india.com |access-date=2011-05-20}}</ref> 50 km from Dibrugarh Town.

==Administrative==
'''The Administrative System''' is divided into:

# Village (1361)
# Block (7)
# Gaon Panchayats (93)
# Zilla Parishad (1)

In the lower-house (Lok Sabha) of the Indian Parliament, Dibrugarh is one constituency and represented by one elected Member of the Parliament.

===Notable towns===
*Dibrugarh,
*Chabua
*Naharkatia
*Duliajan
*Namrup
*Moran

===Revenue Circles===
*Dibrugarh East
*Dibrugarh West
*Chabua
*Tengakhat
*Naharkatia
*Tingkhong
*Moran.

===Police Stations===
{{Columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*Borboruah (City) PS
*Chabua PS
*Dibrugarh Sadar Town (City)
*Duliajan PS
*Joypur PS
*Khowang PS
*Lahowal (City) PS
*Moran PS
*Naharkatia PS
*Rajgarh PS
*Rohmoria, Ghoramora PS
*Tengakhat PS
*Tingkhong PS

}}

There are seven [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] constituencies in this district: Moran, Dibrugarh, Lahowal, Duliajan, Tingkhong, Naharkatia, and Chabua.<ref name="ceo1">{{cite web|title=List of Assembly Constituencies showing their Revenue & Election District wise break - up |url=http://ceoassam.nic.in/Gen_Informations/2.1%20-%20DEOs%20wise%20ACs%20breakup.pdf |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Assam website |access-date=26 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322074811/http://ceoassam.nic.in/Gen_Informations/2.1%20-%20DEOs%20wise%20ACs%20breakup.pdf |archive-date=22 March 2012 }}</ref> Chabua is in the [[Lakhimpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency]], whilst the other six are in the [[Dibrugarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name="ceo2">{{cite web|title=List of Assembly Constituencies showing their Parliamentary Constituencies wise break - up |url=http://ceoassam.nic.in/Gen_Informations/2.2%20-%20PC-wise%20LAC%20breakup.pdf |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Assam website |access-date=26 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322074903/http://ceoassam.nic.in/Gen_Informations/2.2%20-%20PC-wise%20LAC%20breakup.pdf |archive-date=22 March 2012 }}</ref>

==Transport==
Dibrugarh is well linked by roads, railway ([[Dibrugarh railway station]]), airway ([[Mohanbari Airport]]) and waterway.
There are four airfields, which were used by the [[United Kingdom|British]] against [[Japan]]ese forces in [[Burma]] during [[World War II]].

==Demographics==

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Dibrugarh district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,326,335,<ref name=districtcensus/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Mauritius]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Mauritius 1,303,717 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Maine]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Maine 1,328,361
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 367th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 393 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.04%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Dibrugarh has a [[sex ratio]] of 961 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 76.05%, 82.82% in males and 68.99% in females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 4.44% and 7.76% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Dibrugarh district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion - Assam |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW18C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Assam|Hinduism]]|darkorange|90.35}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Assam|Islam]]|#008000|4.86}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Assam|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|3.99}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.80}}
}}
Hindus are 1,198,401 (90.35%), Muslims 64,526 (4.86%), Christians 52,968 (3.99%).
The main indigenous Assamese communities inhabiting the district includes [[Ahom people|Ahom]], [[Chutia people|Chutia]], [[Sonowal Kachari people|Sonowal Kachari]], Motok, Moran people, etc. There are also some indigenous Assamese [[Tai languages|Tai]] [[Buddhist]] communities like [[Tai Phake people|Tai Phake]], [[Khamti people|Khamti]] and [[Khamyang people|Khamyang]].{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages of Dibrugarh district (2011)
|label1 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]] |value1 = 76.01 |color1 = gold
|label2 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value2 = 5.93 |color2 = saddlebrown
|label3 = [[Hindi]] |value3 = 5.80 |color3 = orange
|label4 = [[Sadri language|Sadri]] |value4 = 4.83 |color4 = red
|label5 = [[Nepali language|Nepali]] |value5 = 1.72 |color5 = pink
|label6 = [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] |value6 = 1.13 |color6 = peachpuff
|label7 = [[Odia language|Odia]] |value7 = 1.00 |color7 = firebrick
|label8 = Others |value8 =3.58 |color8 = grey
}}

Dibrugarh is a multi-cultural district. According to the 2011 census, 76.01% of the district speaks [[Assamese language|Assamese]], 5.93% [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 5.80% [[Hindi]], 4.83% [[Sadri language|Sadri]], 1.72% [[Nepali language|Nepali]], 1.13% [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] and 1.00% [[Odia language|Odia]] as their first language.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1800.XLSX |title=C-16 POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE |date= |website=censusindia.gov.in/2011census}}</ref>

==Flora and fauna==
[[File:White-winged.wood.duck.arp.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A duck swimming.|The endangered [[white-winged duck]], found in Dibru-Saikhowa National Park.]]

In 1999 Dibrugarh district became home to [[Dibru-Saikhowa National Park]], which has an area of {{convert|340|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.<ref name=parks>{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment |title=Protected areas: Assam |url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm |access-date=25 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm |archive-date=23 August 2011 }}</ref> It shares the park with Tinsukia district. It is also home to the Padumani-Bherjan-Borajan [[Wildlife Sanctuaries in India|Wildlife Sanctuary]], which was established in 1999 and has an area of {{convert|7.2|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.<ref name=parks/> In 2020 Dibrugarh district became home to [[Dehing Patkai National Park]], which has an area of {{convert|231.65|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.<ref name=parks/> It shares the park with [[Tinsukia district]].

==Education==
The district is the pivot of higher education in the entire North East India. Right from the British India period the district has been a center for learning. The [[Assam Medical College]] was established by a personal grant from Dr. John Berry White after he retired as the civil surgeon of Lakhimpur district. The medical school, "John Berry White Medical School" was set up in 1900 at Dibrugarh, and thus this premier institute started its history, and marked a new era in education.<ref>{{cite web|title=Assam Medical College|url=http://www.assammedicalcollege.net/history.html|access-date=19 May 2011}}</ref> Assam Medical College has the pride of having the first [[Radiology]] department in India, as in 1910 two [[X-Ray]] machine (One 10MA and another 15MA) was bought from England, only 15 years after the discovery of X-Rays by Professor [[Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen]] in 1895-96. These two were the first X-Ray machines in India.

Apart from medical, the other higher fields of learning in the district are Pharmacology, Geology and Applied Geology and Petroleum Technology. All these courses are offered by [[Dibrugarh University]], which was established in 1965.

Beside the University, other centres for learning are:

# '''Dibrugarh Poly-technique''' (offering various diploma courses in Electrical, Civil and Mechanical fields).
# '''Regional Medical Research Centre -RMRC''' (a centre for scientific and research in Bio-medical sciences where major health problems and its causes are studied).

The district came to national prominence for education in 2009 with Gaurav Agarwal of the [[Assam Valley School]] topping the country in the Class XII board examinations conducted by the [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=may2409/State9 |location=Guwahati, India |work=The Assam Tribune |title=Dibrugarh boy earns laurels |date=23 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173309/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=may2409%2FState9 |archive-date=2013-10-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=nov2009/State9 |location=Guwahati, India |work=The Assam Tribune |title=14th founders' day of Assam Valley School concludes |date=19 Nov 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173306/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=nov2009%2FState9 |archive-date=14 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090522/jsp/northeast/story_11002109.jsp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=Women power in ICSE feat | date=22 May 2009}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{Main | Category:People from Dibrugarh district}}

* [[Arun Sharma (dramatist)|Arun Sharma]]: Dramatist.
* [[Biju Phukan]]: Assamese actor.
* [[Dipannita Sharma]]: Indian actress and model.
* [[Jyoti Prasad Agarwala]]: Indian playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker.
* [[Jogendra Nath Hazarika]] : former chief minister of Assam.
* [[Kesab Chandra Gogoi]]: former chief minister of Assam.
* [[Moloya Goswami]]: Indian actress.
* [[Nilmoni Phukan Sr|Nilmoni Phukan]]: Assamese writer, poet, freedom fighter and politician.
* [[Nagen Saikia]]: Indian writer.
* [[Paresh Barua]]: leader of militant group, ULFA.
* [[Parineeta Borthakur]]: Indian actress.
* [[Prahlad Chandra Tasa]]: Indian writer and Educationist.
* [[Ranjan Gogoi]]: 46th Chief Justice of India.
* [[Rameswar Teli]]: MP, Lok sabha from dibrugarh.
* [[Shamin Mannan]]: Indian actress.
* [[Sarbananda Sonowal]]: former chief minister of Assam.

==See also==

* [[Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council]]
* [[Matak Autonomous Council]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://dibrugarh.gov.in/ Government website]
* [http://www.assammedicalcollege.net/ Assam Medical College]
* [http://dibru.ac.in/ Dibrugarh University]
* [http://www.fofatt.com/ Find businesses, services and professionals easily and quickly at Dibrugarh]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426141428/http://iiic.info/dibrugarhonline/ Dibrugarh Online Website]
* [https://agcnest.com/orunodoi-scheme-beneficiary-status/ Assam Scheme]

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|North = [[Dhemaji district]]
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|East = [[Tinsukia district]]
|Southeast = [[Tirap district]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|South = [[Sibsagar district]]
|Southwest = [[Jorhat district]]
|West = [[Lakhimpur district]]
|Northwest =
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