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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 Template:Coord.[1] The area of Karimganj city is 16.09 km2. It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet).
Demographics
As per as the official census of 2011, Karimganj city 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.[2][3]
Religion
Most of the people in the town follow Hinduism, with significant followers of Islam and a small Christian and Jain population.[4]
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).[5]
Notable people
- Dwarka Nath Das, former MP of Karimganj (1991-1998)[6]
- Kripanath Mallah, current MP of Karimganj[7]
Gallery
See also
- Government Boys' HS School Ground, the town's cricket ground
- Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency)
References
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedReligion - ↑ List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
- ↑ Constituency Watch: Which way blow waves of minority and tea workers in Karimganj?. Northeast Now(17 April 2019). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ↑ Kripanath Mallah(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Karimganj (Assam) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:. myneta.info. Retrieved 23 September 2020.