North Cachar Hills              

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                 North Cachar Hills -A bird's eye view

                        Name of the District     :-             North Cachar Hills

                        District created            :-             02-02-1970

                        Head Quarters             :-             Haflong

                        Sub-Divisions              :-             i)     Haflong 

                                                                           ii)     Maibang 

                        No. of Villages            :-              552

                        Distance from State    :-              368 k.m.

                        Capital  to Haflong        

  Mode of Communication:

Air Service :- Though there is no direct Air connection to  N.C.Hills District, one can fly up to Silchar or  Guwahati, from where easy road & railway services to the district are available.

Available Bus services :-    

 Railway service :-  

                    District Boundary      :-   

                               East    : Manipur & Part of Nagaland

                               West   : Meghalaya & Part of  Karbi-Anglong 

                               North  : Karbi-Anglong & Part of Nagaon 

                               South  : Cachar

                             Area of District           :-       4890 Sq. k.m.

                             Total Population        :-       1,86,189 (as per 2001 Census)        

                            Total Voter                  :-        1,26,705(Male: 49677; Female: 44646)

                             Literacy                        :-       68.59%

                             Total Polling Stations:-     139

                             Total Nos. & Names of:-    5 (five nos.)    viz.      

                                Dev.  Blocks                          i)Haranagajao ITDP Block,                                                                                       

                                                                             ii)   Jatinga Valley Dev. Block

                                                                              iii)   Diyung Valley Dev. Block

                                                                              iv)   Diyungbra ITDP Block, 

                                                                              v)    New-Sangbar Dev. Block

                    Various ethnic Tribal inhabitants :   

                                                                      1) Dimasa, 2) Jeme-Naga, 

                                                                      3) Hmar,     4) Kuki,

                                                                      5) Biate,      6) Hrangkhol, 

                                                                      7) Khelma, 8 Jaintia,

                                                                      9) Karbi,    10) Vaiphei

                   Traditional way of cultivation:-   Jhum or shifting 

                                                                                cultivation               

                    No. & Names of Town :-     4 (four) viz.,

                                                                      1) Haflong, 2) Maibang,                

                                                                      3) Mahur     4) Umrangso  

                    Total No. of Assembly &           :-        1 (One)  viz.

                    Parliamentary Constituency               16-Haflong(ST) LAC

                                                                                        It  is a segment of 

                                                                                        3-Autonomous

                                                                                        District(ST) Parliamentary Constituency.

                    Total Nos. of Police Station     :-    4(four)  viz.                            

                                                                                  1) Haflong,  2) Mahur, 

                                                                                 3) Maibang, 4) Umrangso        

                   Geographical Area

          N.C.Hills is the most hilly and undulated districts of Assam. It has an area of 4890 sq. k.m.s which is 6.24 percent of the total area of the state.

   It consists of two sub-divisional administrative units namely Haflong and Maibang and 5(five) Development blocks namely-

         i)     Harangajao ITDP block

         ii)    Jatinga Valley Development block

        iii)     Diyang Valley Development block

        iv)     Diyungbra ITDP block

         v)    New Sangbar  Development block.

        There are 552 revenue villages and as the district fall under the 6^th schedule area, development administration has been conducted by the Autonomous Council, there are 27 MDCs areas and they represent as local bodies at grass root level, selected on public franchise like the PRI representatives in the plain districts.

Demography

 As per 2001 Census the total population of the district is 186189  which is 7% of the state’s total. The domestic decadal growth is 23.47 which is higher than the state average 18.85. The BPL families are totaled to 15043 which is .5 p.c. of the total families of the state. The other important demographic indicators of the district are listed below:

Parameter              N.C.Hills                        State

Density             38 per sq. km             340 per sq. km

Sex-ratio          per 1000-883(f)           932 per 1000     

Source: Statistical Hand Book, Assam,2003     

Agriculture

It is predominantly a forest area and agricultural practices of paddy cultivation is done on jhuming cultivation system in dry hilly land in the plain terrain areas depending mainly on rainfall which is also irregular. The normal rainfall of the district is 2000 mms. The land use pattern of the district is shown below

                                                                                            Areas in hectre

 Normal & Actual Rainfall (in mm) for 3 years.

  SOURCE :- STATISTICAL HAND BOOK ASSAM, 2003. 

  Area, production and yield of major crops for the year 2002-03 are as indicated below.

SOURCE :- AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT. HAFLONG.

   Land holding

Fertiliser Consumption

        Per hectre consumption of NPK nutrient is 43 Kgs in the district. Consumption of nitrogenous and phosphatic nutrients has steadily increased for increase in area of production of pulses and cereals.

        The details of fertilizer consumptions are as below

 The details of fertilizer distribution are indicated below.

  Agriculture in the district mainly depends upon the rainfall. The net area irrigated under net area sown is 6%  that is much below the state’s average. The major, medium and minor irrigation projects with their details are shown below.

Animal husbandry

           Dairying and rearing of cow and buffalo is a common place practice of the tribal population.

As per sample survey for 2001-2002 the estimated latest live stock Census of year 1997 the live stock population of the district are indicated below.

              Milk Production ( per year in 1000 M. Tones)

              Human resources of the district is indicated below

SOURCE :- STATISTICAL HAND BOOK  OF ASSAM 2003

        It is crystal clear that while employment in agriculture is increased the contribution to district income is decreasing leading to under employment and low paid employment.

Per capita income

         Per capita income is low when compared to state per capita income which is due to low productivity in agriculture and unemployment and under employments. Per capita income at constant and current prices are indicated below.

                                                                                                                      (in Rs.)

 Banks

              Details of banking facilities in the district in 2004 are shown below.

Education

                 As per 2001 Census the literacy rate in the district of N.C.Hills is 69% as against the state average of 64% . The female literacy is 59.40%  as against the state average of 56% The male literacy is 76.59% as against the state average of 71.73%

        Details of educational indicators are as follows

a)    Child population of 0-14 years 55,000 Nos.

b)    Enrolment in school

1.    Primary:      30400 Nos.

2.    Secondary    17183 Nos.

c)     No. of primary schools  LP- 676

                                    ME-175

d)    Dropout rate primary (%) 10

e)    Teacher-pupil ratio (Primary) 1:21

f)      Teacher-pupil ratio (Secondary) 1:26

Higher Education:

a)    No. of Arts and Science Colleges   4

b)    No. of Engineering Colleges          NIL

c)     No. of High Schools                     76

d)    No. of B.Ed. Colleges                   NIL

e)    No. of Teachers Training Institute   1

f)      Medical Colleges( allopathic)          NIL

g)    Industrial Training Institute          1

h)    Polytechnics                               NIL

i)      Govt. Training Tool Centre            NIL

( source – Inspector of School, N.C. Hills, Haflong.)

Health

  In terms of Health indicators the N.C.Hills district is lagging behind and health indicators are shown below.

Health institutions (Nos.)

Hospitals                                   : 1

Primary Health Centre                  : 5

Community Health Centre             : 2

State Dispensary                         : 5

FW  Sub Centres                         : 72

Medical  Sub Centres                   : 5

(Source– Jt. Director of Health, Haflong. and statistical Hand Book of Assam 2003)

 Roads

Road is one of the basic means of transport which requires to be developed in the N.C.Hills district with top most priority. Length of different categories of roads are indicated below.

 1. Surface Road                       : 605.98

2. Major bridges                      : 6 Nos.

3. Railway length                    : 135 km

4. No. of Post offices                       : 7

5. Population per Post Office     : 26598

SOURCE :- PWD (ROADS) DIVISION, D.R.D.A, HAFLONG.

Industries, Mining

 District ranks 25^th  In the industrial developments in Assam. It is endowed with rich deposit of lime stones and coal. It houses 3(three) small Cement factories .

        Details of Industries are given below

        Small Scale Industrial units      : 499

        Employees                                    :  750

        Number of factories                     : 3

        Employees                                 : 500

        Unemployed on live register  : 570

 Other Information

           a) No. of fair price shops                      : 267

        b) No. of Ration Card holders                  : 39415

        c) No. of villages electrified                      : 261

        d) IP sets energised                                : 150

        SOURCE :- DISTRICT OFFICE RECORD CONCERN

 Important tourist places

          a) Haflong Town (lake views of 5 lakes)

        b) Maibong ( ancient Capital town of Dimasa tribal Chieftain)

        c) Jatinga ( a place of birds enchantments and attraction)

        d) Umrangso (lake view)

        e) Mahur