This article is about the municipality in India. For its namesake district, see
Karimganj district .
Town in Assam, India
Karimganj is a town in the Karimganj District of the Indian state of Assam . It is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Karimganj town is located at 24°52′N 92°21′E / 24.87°N 92.35°E / 24.87; 92.35 .[ 2] The area of Karimganj Town is 16.09 km2 . It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet).
Demographics
Bengali and Meitei (Manipuri ) are the official languages of this place.[ 3] [ 4]
As per as the official census of 2011, Karimganj Town 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.[ 5] [ 6]
Religion
Religion in Karimganj Town (2011)[ 7]
Others (0.12%)
Most of the people in the town follow Hinduism , with significant followers of Islam and a small Christian and Jain population.[ 7]
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) .[ 8]
Bharatiya Janata Party 's Kripanath Mallah is the current Member of Parliament from Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency .
Educational institutes
Various educational institutions and Higher secondary are well established and run by the government in karimganj.
Among them most notable are-
Located at (22.6 km) away from the town.The only first State Govt -Engineering college in the entire Barak valley .
Some degree colleges-.[ 10]
Player ground-
All the college's in Karimganj are partnered (affiliated) to Assam University .[ 11]
Notable people
See also
References
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