Nalbari district

Nalbari is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Nalbari. The district occupies an area of 2,257 km² and has a population of 1,148,824 (as of 2001). Hindus 873,749, Muslims 253,842 (22.09%). The latitude of Nalbari is 26 degrees north and 27 degrees north and the longitude is 91 degrees east and 97 degrees east. The tributaries of the Brahmaputra, the Nona, Buradia, Pagaldia, Borolia and Tihu, which originate in the foothills of the Himalayan Range, are wild in nature and make an enormous contribution to the agrarian economy of the district. This district is known in the whole of Assam for its excellent academic performance in the 10th exam. Almost in every year this district tops the list. This district has tremendous potential to be transformed into one of the major districts of Assam, but due to various unavoidable factors this has not happened so far. This district has only three tea plantations s which is really a very small figure when compared to the other districts of upper Assam. There are almost 80,000 unemployed youth in this district as of 31 December 2000. The rate of total literacy of the Nalbari District, according to 2001 census, is 68.08 as against 33.99 in 1991. Thus, the decadal (1991–2001) progress of the literacy rate is calculated as (+) 12.09. The total literacy rate of the state as a whole is 64.28 according to the 2001 census. The District with 2.88% area of the state shelters...
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