Dibrugarh district
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Dibrugarh is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Dibrugarh. The district occupies an area of 3381 km² and has a population of 1,172,056 (as of 2001).
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[edit] Name origin
Dibrugarh which is the headquarter of the district derived its name from Dibarumukh. The name derived from the mouth(mukh) of the river Dibaru or Dibru (Bodo word dibru, a blister) during the reign of Suhungmung, Pharsengmung Borgohain, Chao Siulung, Kilong fought against the Chutia king who was defeated in the battle and surrendered before the Ahom King. Dibarumukh was a renowned encampment of Ahoms during Ahom Chutia War. Earlier Dibrugarh was the District HQ of undivided Lakhimpur District. But now Dibrugarh is a separate district having its own identity with the District HQ still in Dibrugarh town itself.
[edit] Geographical Features
Geographical Features. The Dibrugarh district extends from 270 5' 38" N to 270 42' 30" N latitude and 94033'46"E to 95029'8"E longitude. It is bounded by Dhemaji district on the north, Tinsukia district on the east, Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh on the south-east and Sibsagar district on the north and south-west. The area stretches from the north bank of the mighty Brahmaputra, which flows for a length of 95 km through the northern margin of the district, to the Patkai foothills on the south. The Burhi Dihing, a major tributary of the Brahmaputra with its network of tributaries and wetlands flows through the district from east to west.
[edit] Communication
Dibrugarh is well linked by Roads, Railway, Airway (Mohanbari Airport) and Waterway. There are four airfields, which were used by the British against Japanese forces in Myanmar during World War-II.
[edit] Business and Economy
Dibrugarh has the world's largest area covered by tea gardens. The entire district is surrounded by tea plantations and has tea factories. Many tea gardens are more than 100 years old.
Next to tea is Oil. The world's oldest running Oil Refinery is situated in Digboi. The entire district has many oil and natural gas rigs owned by the Oil India Limited and Oil and Natural Gas Commission. Tea and Oil are the major revenue earner for the district.
The majority of the population are in the occupation of farming of rice, sugar-cane, pulses, and Pisciculture.
Beside these many rice and oilseed mills exist. Also there are some coal mining and petroleum production industries.
[edit] Language
Language commonly used in the district are Assamese, English, Hindi and Bengali.
[edit] Administrative System
The Admistrative System is divided into:
- Village (Total no of Villages 1361)
- Block (Total no of Blocks 7)
- Gaon Panchayats (Total no of Gaon Panchayats 93)
- Mahkuma Parishad (Total no of Mahkuma Parishad 1)
In the lower-house (Lok Sabha) of the Indian Parliament, Dibrugarh is one constituency and represented by one elected Member of the Parliament.
The towns of the District are Dibrugarh, Chabua, Naharkatia, Duliajan, Digboi and Namrup
Revenue Circles: Dibrugarh East, Dibrugarh West, Chabua, Tengakhat, Naharkatia, Tingkhong, and Moran.
Police Stations: Dibrugarh, Lahowal, Chabua, Tengakhat, Duliajan, Naharkatia, Joypur, Tingkhong, Rajgarh, Moran, Khowang, Borboruah, Rohmoria, Ghoramora.
[edit] Education
The district is the pivot of higher education in the entire North East India. Right from the British India period the district has been a centre for learning. The Assam Medical College was established by Dr. John Berry White after he took over the charge of civil surgeon of Lahimpur district. In the year 1898, he decided to set up a medical school at Dibrugarh, and thus this premier institute started its history, and marked a new era in education. Assam Medical College has the pride of having the first Radiology department in India, as in 1910 two X-Ray machine (One 10MA and another 15MA) was bought from England, only 25 years after the monumental discovery of X-Ray by Prof. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen 1885-86. These two were the first X-Ray Machines in India.
Apart from Medical, the other higher fields of learning in the district are Pharmacology, Geology and Applied Geology and Petroleum Technology. All these courses are offered by Dibrugarh University, which was established in the year 1965.
Beside the University, other centres for learning are-
1. Dibrugarh Poly-technique (offering various diploma courses in Electrical, Civil and Mechanical fields.)
2. Regional Medical Research Centre -RMRC ( a centre for scientific and research in Bio-medical sciences where major health problems and its causes are studied.)
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| State of Assam Assam Topics | History | Politics | People of Assam |
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| Capital | Dispur |
| Districts | Barpeta | Bongaigaon | Cachar | Darrang | Dhubri | Dibrugarh | Dhemaji | Golaghat | Goalpara | Hailakandi | Jorhat | Karbi Anglong | Kokrajhar | Kamrup | Karimganj | Lakhimpur | Marigaon | North Cachar Hills | Nagaon | Nalbari | Sibsagar | Sonitpur | Tinsukia |
| Major cities | Barpeta • Bongaigaon • Dhubri • Dibrugarh • Diphu • Goalpara • Guwahati • Jorhat • Karimganj • Nagaon • North Lakhimpur • Sibsagar • Silchar • Tezpur • Tinsukia |
