Hailakandi

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Hailakandi is one of the oldest subdivision in the state of Assam, India. 'Hailakandi town' is the capital of Hailakandi District and is described by some as a sleepy town. It was constituted as a civil subdivision on 1st June 1869. Subsequently, it was upgraded to district in 1989. It has an area of 1326.10 square kilometres. Out of this, more than 50% is reserve forest. There are total of two reserve forests in Hailakandi District viz. Inner line reserve forest and Katakhal reserve forest. The district has got inter-state border with Mizoram on its south having a length of 76 km besides inter district border on other sides with Karimganj and Cachar districts. In year 2006 , it is estimated to have a population of 5,46,978.

• Map of Hailakandi

It comprises of two notified towns viz. Hailakandi (district headquarters) and Lala and one industrial town ship viz. Panchgram. A Municipal Board governs Hailakandi town & a town Committee governs Lala. It has five development blocks viz. Algapur, Hailakandi, Lala, Katlicherra & South Hailakandi development Block. There is a Mahkuma Parishad named Hailakandi Mahkuma Parishad covering these 5 Development Blocks. There are total of 62 Nos. of Gaon Panchayat under these five blocks. The district is divided into four revenue circles comprising of a total of 393 villages (including 27 forest villages). Nearly half the district consists of forests. Out of the remaining half, 33.2% is under cultivation. Rice is the main crop. District has got 17 tea gardens. The District has 4 Police stations, 2 Police out post, 2 Colleges, 43 H/E, H/School, 247 ME/ MV Schools and 937 LP schools.

As per 2001 Census, over all literacy rate in Hailakandi town is 79.80%. The figure for Males is 88.47% and for females, it is 50.64%. The main language of the town is Bengali and Bishnupriya Manipuri has a sizeable presence. Govt. V.M.H.S. School is the premier school and Srikishan Sarda College is a famous College in the town.

In the organized sector, tea is the main industry of the district. It has 17 Tea estates with 55.70 square kilometres under tea plantation employing more than 1,30,642 persons as per 1991 census. Production of tea was 87.62 tonnes. The Hindustan paper mill Panchgram comes to the second place where large number of people get employment opportunities in the district. The pre dominant income generating activity for the district is through agricultural sector and its allied enterprises.

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In this district there are 2 colleges. 48 High & Higher Secondary Schools, 253 Middle Schools, 1019 Primary/Pre Primary Schools,1 Navodaya Vidyalaya, 1 Kendriya Vidyalaya & 1 Basic Training School.

1. Srikishan Sarda College : Srikishan Sarda College was established in 1950 with eminent educationalist Late Sisir Kar Shastri as the founder Principal. The College land was donated by educationalist late Pratap Ch. Nath. Late Shrichand Sarda donated the 1st building of the College. The College was affiliated to Gauhati University in 1956. Now it is affiliated to Assam University, since 1994. There are about 1300 students studying in Arts and Science stream. It has a strength of 55 Lecturers and 24 non teaching staffs. The Subjects taught here are English, Bengali, Manipuri, Sanskrit, Persian, Economics, Political Science, Philosophy, History, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology & Statistics. The College is imparting education up to Degree Honors level in all subjects except Manipuri and Chemistry. There are many students who came out with flying colours from this College & later on occupied high position in the Society.

1. B.Ed College: The B.Ed. College, Hailakandi started few years ago, is now functioning in the Community Hall, constructed by DRDA. This Building/Hall was established from the EAS Fund of 98-99 with an amount of Rs. 7.50 lakhs. It is situated at Lakhirbond, Hailakandi Badarpur PWD Road. It was inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam on 15th December,1998. Besides the construction of building of B.Ed College, the DRDA has also constructed the bounding walls of the College with an amount of Rs. 6.00 lakhs from EAS fund.

1. Sanskrit College: The building of Sanskrit College was constructed by DRDA from Untied Fund 1996-97 for an amount Rs.5.02 lakhs. At present nearly two hundred and above student are being benefited by this college.

1. ETC, Hailakandi(Boalipar): Extension Training Centre, Hailakandi was constructed in the year 1998. There are (four) ETCs in the state of Assam. The ETC, Hailakandi covers the whole of Barak Valley & Hills districts. To arm up the rural youth both with the modern technique method , culture, veterinary, fishery, small scale Industries and other subjects with the hope of providing self employment in the rural areas with the help of D.R.D.A and other Govt. sectors are its main objects. So far 1391 unemployed youth were imparted training on Agro based sectors for self employment. Apart from this computer operation training is available in ETC.

1. Govt. V. M. H.S. School : The School was first established in the name of Victoria Memorial Middle English School in 1903 to spread education in this locality. It is told that the foundation stone was laid down by her majesty the queen Victoria and the School was named after her. The School was upgraded to High School stage in 1913 with Babu Raj Kumar Sen as the first Head Master. The School was undertaken by govt. in 1928. The roll strength of the School is about 1500 and the admission is strictly on the merit basis. The teaching in H.S. section is imparted both in English and Bengali medium. The School has a dedicated team of teaching and non teaching staff. The School has a glorious history of remarkable results and large number of students are serving in high posts in different fields in India and abroad.

Literacy: The district's litaracy rate is 59.80%, males literacy 68.47% & females literacy 50.64% (2001 census).