Kokrajhar
Constituency No. 1 · Scheduled Tribe
Assembly segments in this district
- Gossaigaon
- Kokrajhar West
- Kokrajhar East
Kokrajhar District
Assam
Kokrajhar district is one of the districts of Assam. Its administrative headquarters is at Kokrajhar. It covers 3,169 sq km and had a population of 8,86,999 at the 2011 census, a density of 280 people per square kilometre. Electorally it is covered by 1 Lok Sabha constituency and 3 assembly segments.
District Headquarters
Kokrajhar
Area
3,169 sq km
Population
8.87 Lakh
(2011)
Population Density
280 /km²
Literacy Rate
66.63%
Sex Ratio
958
per 1,000 males
Kokrajhar District Overview
Census 2011Key demographic and social figures for Kokrajhar district.
Total Population
8.87 Lakh
Male Population
4.53 Lakh
Female Population
4.34 Lakh
Rural Population
8.31 Lakh
Urban Population
55,799
Scheduled Caste
29,400
Scheduled Tribe
2.78 Lakh
Literacy Rate
66.63%
Population Density
280 /km²
Sex Ratio
958
females per 1,000 males
Male literacy 73.44%Female literacy 59.54%
District Administration
Administrative structure of Kokrajhar district.
5
Tehsils
11
Blocks
80
Nyay Panchayats
134
Gram Panchayats
1,010
Villages
- Headquarters
- Kokrajhar
- Languages
- Bodo, Assamese, Bengali, Hindi
- Census Year
- 2011
- Coordinates
- 26.4° N, 90.27° E
Lok Sabha Constituencies Covering Kokrajhar
(1)A district can be covered by several Lok Sabha constituencies, and a constituency can reach into more than one district.
Primary
Assembly Constituencies Covering Kokrajhar
(3)Assembly constituencies form the segments within Lok Sabha constituencies.
No. 28 · Kokrajhar
JB
Jiron Basumatary
United People's Party Liberal
MLA
No. 29 · Kokrajhar
RN
Rabiram Narzary
Bodoland People's Front
MLA
No. 30 · Kokrajhar
LI
Lawrence Islary
United People's Party Liberal
MLA
Your Representatives from Kokrajhar
(4)Members of Parliament and of the Legislative Assembly representing Kokrajhar district.
- JBJiron BasumataryUnited People's Party LiberalMLAGossaigaon · No. 28
- RNRabiram NarzaryBodoland People's FrontMLAKokrajhar West · No. 29
- LILawrence IslaryUnited People's Party LiberalMLAKokrajhar East · No. 30
Election History
Lok SabhaKokrajhar · No. 1
- 202418th Lok SabhaUPPLJoyanta BasumataryVotes 4,88,995Vote share 39.48%Margin 51,583
- 1. Joyanta Basumatary · UPPL4,88,995 (39.48%)
- 2. Kampa Borgoyary · Bodoland People's Front4,37,412 (35.32%)
- 3. Garjan Mushahary · INC1,12,100 (9.05%)
- 201917th Lok SabhaIndependentNaba Kumar SaraniaVotes 4,84,510Vote share 32.75%Margin 37,786
- 1. Naba Kumar Sarania · Independent4,84,510 (32.75%)
- 2. Pramod Boro · UPPL4,46,724 (30.19%)
- 3. Pramila Rani Brahma · Bodoland People's Front4,01,083 (27.11%)
- 201416th Lok SabhaIndependentNaba Kumar SaraniaVotes 6,34,428Vote share 51.82%Margin 3,55,779
- 1. Naba Kumar Sarania · Independent6,34,428 (51.82%)
- 2. Urkhao Gwra Brahma · Independent2,78,649 (22.76%)
- 3. Chandan Brahma · Bodoland People's Front2,17,223 (17.74%)
Political Geography
Understanding the administrative and electoral structure.
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Kokrajhar District at a Glance
- State
- Assam
- Headquarters
- Kokrajhar
- Area
- 3,169 sq km
- Population
- 8.87 Lakh
- Population density
- 280 per km²
- Sex ratio
- 958 per 1,000 males
- Literacy rate
- 66.63%
- Languages
- Bodo, Assamese, Bengali, Hindi
- Tehsils
- 5
- Blocks
- 11
- Gram panchayats
- 134
- Villages
- 1,010
- Lok Sabha seats
- 1
- Assembly segments
- 3
- Census year
- 2011
Sources & data
- Census of India (2011)
- Election Commission of India
- Government of Assam
Compiled from public records
Figures are as complete as the underlying records.