Lakhimpur district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Assam
- Division
- Upper Assam
- Headquarters
- North Lakhimpur
- Tehsils
- 1. North Lakhimpur , 2. Dhakuakhana , 3. Kadam, 4. Naoboicha, 5. Bihpuria , 6. Narayanpur 7. Subansiri (Ghilamara)
- District commissioner
- Sri Pronab Jit Kakoty, ACS
- Superintendent of police
- Sri Gunendra Deka, APS
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Sonitpur , Lakhimpur
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- Bihpuria , Rongonadi , Naoboicha , Lakhimpur , Dhakuakhana
- Total
- 2,277 km (879 sq mi)
- Density
- 457.7/km (1,185/sq mi)
- Literacy
- 78.39 %
- Sex ratio
- 965 female per 1000 male
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Major highways
- NH-15
- Website
- lakhimpur .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Bengal Presidency
- Capital
- North Lakhimpur
- Population
- 1042137
- Area
- 2277
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Jorhat district
- Official website
- lakhimpur.gov.in
- Households
- 204307
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- Commons category
- Lakhimpur district
- topic's main category
- Category:Lakhimpur district
- different from
- Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh
- male population
- 529674
- female population
- 512463
- urban population
- 91333
- rural population
- 950804
- literate population
- 683486
- illiterate population
- 358651
- native label
- লখিমপূৰ জিলা
- short name
- LKP
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lakhimpur district (/ˌlækɪmˈpʊər/ LAK-im-POOR) is an administrative district in the state of Assam, India. The district headquarters is located at North Lakhimpur. It is bounded on the north by the Siang and Papumpare districts of Arunachal Pradesh and on the east by the Dhemaji district and the Subansiri River. Majuli District stands on the southern side and Biswanath District is on the western side .
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lakhimpur district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.