Sibsagar district

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This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Sibsagar.

Sibsagar district (Assamese: শিৱসাগৰ জিলা) -- also known as Sivasagar -- is one of the 27 districts of Assam state in north-eastern India. Sibsagar city is the administrative headquarters of this district.

History[]

1983 saw the formation of Jorhat district from land previously in Sibsagar.^[1] This was repeated 15 August 1987 with the creation of Golaghat district.^[1]

Geography[]

The district is situated between 26.45° and 27.15° north latitudes and 94.25° and 95.25° east longitudes. Sibsagar district occupies an area of 2,668 square kilometres (1,030 sq mi),^[2] comparatively equivalent to Estonia's Saaremaa Island.^[3]

Economy[]

Industry in Sivasagar: The main industries in Sivasagar are oil industry and tea industry. Majority of the population are agrarian.

Demographics[]

According to the 2011 census Sibsagar district has a population of 1,150,253,^[4] roughly equal to the nation of Timor-Leste^[5] or the US state of Rhode Island.^[6] This gives it a ranking of 406th in India (out of a total of 640).^[4] The district has a population density of 431 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,120 /sq mi) .^[4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.37 %.^[4] Sivasagar has a sex ratio of 951 females for every 1000 males,^[4] and a literacy rate of 81.36 %.^[4]

Hindus 927,706, Muslims 85,761 (8.15%). The main communities living in the district are Ahoms, Tea-tribes, Sutiya, Mising and Deori.

Flora and fauna[]

In 1999 Sibsagar district became home to the Panidihing Wildlife Sanctuary, which has an area of 34 km² (13.1 sq mi).^[7]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Law, Gwillim (2011-09-25). "Districts of India". Statoids. http://www.statoids.com/yin.html. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
^ Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) (2010). "States and Union Territories: Assam: Government". India 2010: A Reference Annual (54th ed.). New Delhi, India: Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Government of India. pp. 1116. ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7.
^ "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 1998-02-18. http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-11. "Saaremaa 2,672km2"
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Timor-Leste 1,177,834 July 2011 est."
^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "Rhode Island 1,052,567"
^ Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment. "Protected areas: Assam". http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm. Retrieved September 25, 2011.

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Coordinates: 26°59′03.90″N 94°37′53.07″E / 26.984417, 94.6314083

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[Statoids-1] Law, Gwillim (2011-09-25). "Districts of India". Statoids. http://www.statoids.com/yin.html. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

[Reference_Annual-2] Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) (2010). "States and Union Territories: Assam: Government". India 2010: A Reference Annual (54th ed.). New Delhi, India: Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Government of India. pp. 1116. ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7.

[Islands-3] "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 1998-02-18. http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-11. "Saaremaa 2,672km2"

[districtcensus-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30.

[cia-5] US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Timor-Leste 1,177,834 July 2011 est."

[6] "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "Rhode Island 1,052,567"

[parks-7] Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment. "Protected areas: Assam". http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm. Retrieved September 25, 2011.

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