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Dhing is a town in the northwest of the Nagaon district in the state of Assam, India.[1]
Geography
Dhing is located at Template:Coord.[2] It has an average elevation of 64 meters (210 feet).[3]
Dhing is approximately 25 kilometers from the city of Nagaon.[4]
Demographics
In the 2011 India census,[5] Dhing had a population of 19,235. Males constituted 51.7% of the population and females 48.3%. Dhing had an average literacy rate of 87.35%, higher than the state average of 72.19%. Male literacy is 90.77% and female literacy is 83.69%.
Politics
The Communist leader M. Shamsul Huda was elected several times to the Assam Legislative Assembly as the member for the Dhing legislative assembly constituency.[6] Dhing is part of the Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency).[7]
Dhing constituency is currently represented by an All India United Democratic Front politician, Aminul Islam, who has won the last two Assam Legislative Assembly elections in 2011 and 2016.[6][8]
Education
Dhing serves as an educational hub for surrounding villages and services multiple secondary schools.[9] It also provides post-secondary education with Dhing College, which is affiliated with Gauhati University.[10]
Notable people
- Hima Das, first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the IAAF World Under-29 Athletics Championships[11]
- Mufti Khairul Islam, Ex Amir-e-Shariat of North East India
- Ratnakanta Borkakati, Assamese poet[12]
- Rajdweep, lyricist, playwright, screenwriter, and journalist[13]
See also
- Dhing Express, nickname for Hima Das
References
- ↑ District Profile | Nagaon District | Government Of Assam, India. nagaon.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dhing
- ↑ Average Weather in Dhing, India, Year Round - Weather Spark. weatherspark.com. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ↑ Distance from Nagaon, Assam to Dhing, Assam. www.indiadistance.com. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ↑ Dhing (Nagaon, Assam, India) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information. www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dhing Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs. Elections in India. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ↑ List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ↑ Assam Legislative Assembly - Member. assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ↑ Schools in Dhing Urban Cluster | List of Schools in Dhing Urban Cluster, Nagaon District (Assam). schools.org.in. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ↑ Home || Dhing College || KSGI || KSGI-Kinetic Solutions Group of India. dhingcollege.in. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ↑ Hima Das becomes first Indian woman to win gold in World Jr Athletics Championships, PTI. @businessline. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ↑ Ratnakanta Barkakati | Ratnakanta Borkakati. Menonim Menonimus(2020-09-14). Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ↑ Playwright Rajdweep on how the universe conspired to help him win a Cinestaan script contest prize, Seta, Keyur. www.cinestaan.com. Retrieved 2020-10-05.