Hailakandi district
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The entry is geolocated on the map in adm3rd.
Vinony files it under 1869 establishments in India, 1989 establishments in Assam and Districts of Assam.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Assam
- Division
- Barak Valley
- District created
- 1 October 1989
- Headquarters
- Hailakandi
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Karimganj (shared with Karimganj district)
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- Hailakandi , Katlicherra , Algapur
- Total
- 1,327 km (512 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 21 m (69 ft)
- Density
- 497/km (1,290/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Hailakandian, Hailakandiya
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 78815X
- Telephone code
- 91 – (0) 3844
- Iso 3166 code
- IN-AS
- Vehicle registration
- AS-24
- Official language
- Bengali
- Associate official language
- Meitei (Manipuri)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Hailakandi
- Population
- 659296
- Area
- 1327
- Elevation
- 21
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Cachar district
- Official website
- hailakandi.nic.in
- Households
- 143350
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- topic's main category
- Category:Hailakandi district
- inception
- 1989-00-00
- male population
- 337890
- short name
- HLK
- female population
- 321406
- urban population
- 48140
- rural population
- 611156
- literate population
- 407366
- illiterate population
- 251930
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Encyclopedic overview
Hailakandi district is one of the 35 districts of Assam state in northeastern India. It makes up the Barak Valley alongside Cachar and Karimganj. It was constituted as a civil subdivision on 1 June 1869. Subsequently, it was upgraded to a district in 1989, when it was split from Cachar district.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hailakandi district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.