The North Cachar Hills District

North Cachar Hills

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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) 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

Sl. No.	Particulars	Unit	N.C.Hills
Sl. No.	Particulars	Unit	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
Sl. No.	Particulars	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.	Non agricultural land Barren land	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
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