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 :-    

From Service To Time

        Guwahati

    (Paltan Bazar)

Network(Pvt.) Haflong   8.30 p.m.
Nagaon A.S.T.C. Haflong 10.00 a.m.

Lanka

(Dist. Nagaon)

Pvt. Haflong

06.00 a.m.

11.15 a.m.

  

 

 Railway service :-  

Trains available From Departure To Arrival
B.G.Express Guwahati 3.15 p.m. Lumding 7.30 p.m.
Inter City Express Guwahati 7.00 p.m. Lumding 10.45 p.m.
Barak Valley Express Lumding 7.15 a.m. Haflong 11.30 a.m.
Tripura Passenger  Lumding 9.15 a.m. Haflong 1.45 p.m.
Cachar Express Lumding 9.15 p.m. Haflong 2.00 a.m.
Barak Valley Express Silchar 7.00 a.m. Haflong 1.00 p.m.
Cachar Express Silchar 5.00 p.m. Haflong 11.45 p.m.

 

 

                    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) Haflong2) 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 6th 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

Sl. No.

Particulars

Unit

N.C.Hills

Population

% of Total

1.

Total Population

lakh

186189

 

2.

Male

Do

98899

56.13

3.

Female

Do

87290

43.87

4.

S.C. Population

Do

3918

2.10

5.

S.T. Population

Do

98834

53.70

6.

Rural Population

Do

128110

70.00

7.

Urban Population

Do

58079

30.00

 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

Sl. No.

Particulars

N.C.Hills

State of Assam

Area

% of Total area

Area

% of Total area

1.

Geographical area

4,89000

 

78,43800

6.20%

2.

Forest

63777.410

13.04

1816261.060

4.39%

3.

Non agricultural land Barren land

 

80.45

1425239

26.00%

4.

393276

 

1458840

 

5.

Cultivable waste

Not Classified as yet

6.

Net area sown

28037

5.73

2734461

1.03%

7.

Area sown more than once

8147

1.6

1352880

0.72%

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

Year

Rainfall(in mm)

2001

1572.2

2002

1717.4

2003

2042.1

  SOURCE :- STATISTICAL HAND BOOK ASSAM, 2003. 

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

Sl. No

Crop

Area

(ha)

Production

(in tons)

Dist. Yield

ton/ha

1.

Paddy

4838

5186

1.71

2.

Sugar cane

1793

60209

33.58

3.

Cotton

 

 

 

4.

Rape & Mustard

2333

957

0.41

5.

Maize

1414

1060.5

0.75

6.

Sesamum

547

273.5

0.50

7.

Black Gram

239

121.65

0.509

8.

Orange

1575

12600

8

9.

Pineapple

1785

18505

10.36

10.

Banana

550

7975

14.5

11.

Potato

275

1375

5

12.

Sweet potato

47

235

5

13.

Litchi

68

204

3

14.

Assam lemon

335

1670

4.9

15.

Assam lemon

335

1670

4.9

16.

Papaya

315

4700

14.92

17.

Jack fruit

288

2304

8

18.

Ginger

2970

14850

5

19.