Kamrup Metropolitan district

Kamrup Metropolitan district is one of the 35 districts in Assam state in north-eastern India. It was carved out of the erstwhile undivided Kamrup district in 2003 and covers an area equivalent to the area under the jurisdiction of the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority area. Dispur Legislative Assembly Constituency in Guwahati Metro district with 3.53 lakh voters is the largest constituency in Assam.

History

It was created on 3 February 2003 by bifurcating the erstwhile Kamrup district.
The Government of Assam, during the Chief-ministership of Tarun Gogoi, had proposed to bifurcate it further and create a new district, named East Kamrup. In 2016, the process of creation of the district was started. But later that year, the process of creation was stopped midway due to lack of infrastructure.

Geography

Administrative headquarters of Kamrup Metropolitan district is at Guwahati city. The district occupies an area of 1527.84 km².

Climate

Demographics

Population

According to the 2011 census Kamrup Metropolitan district has a population of 1,253,938, roughly equal to the nation of Estonia or the US state of New Hampshire.

Religion

As of the 2011 census, 84.89% of the population are Hindus, Muslims are 12.05%, Christians are 1.50% and Jains are 0.74% of the population.

Language

At the time of the 2011 census, 57.87% of the population spoke Assamese, 20.50% Bengali, 10.45% Hindi, 2.39% Nepali, 1.66% Boro and 1.55% Karbi as their first language.