For individuals who are preparing for any competitive exam in Assam, the Assam Year Book 2023 will be an invaluable resource. This comprehensive book, gives a wealth of information about the beautiful state of Assam. Whether you’re a student, researcher, or simply curious about this region, the Assam Year Book 2023 provides a thorough look at the people, population, and religion of Assam. In this blog, we will provide concise notes The People, Population, and Religion of the Assam Year Book 2023, “,” so that you can prepare for any Assam government competitive test. Also, a downloadable PDF will be shared with you so that you can revise it anywhere using just a few clicks on your mobile, tablet, or laptop.

THE PEOPLE, POPULATION AND RELIGION

• Since ancient times, Assam has been a melting pot of various cultural and linguistic tribes and races. Assam is often described in the academic circle as an anthropologist’s paradise.
• All the major races of the world—the Austro-Asiatic, the Indo-Aryans, the Indo-Tibetans, the Mongolians, and the Negroids—have combined to make the great Assamese people.
• The Assamese race is a composite group of people belonging to different racial classes who settled in this region. Dr. Lila Gogoi theoretically defines the term ‘Assamese‘ as one who is born in Assam, who has been permanently residing in Assam, one who speaks the Assamese language, one who maintains an unbreakable bond with the Assamese way of life and one who has, in some way or the other contributed to the upliftment of the state.
• But for the sake of easy understanding, we can conclude that the first race to settle in Assam was Austrics, then followed the Mongolians and finally came the Aryans. Austrics entered Assam through the sea route. The physical appearance of these people was thin. They were short in stature, and their skins were dark. Their hair was copper-coloured and curly. They generally settled in the plains.
• The Mongolians entered Assam through the Patkai hill range via Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan. They were sallow-skinned with straight, spiky hair, a broad face, and small eyes.
• In the times of the British, there was a steady influx of people from three different directions:
  • East Bengal:  They settled in the present district of Goalpara and took to farming
  • Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, and Madras: These people found themselves employed in the newly opened tea gardens, which gained importance during British rule.
  • Nepal: The people of Nepal’s settlement in Assam started dealing in milk.

Assam Year Book 2023: The Population

• According to the Final Population Totals of the 2011 census, the population totals of Assam stand at 3,12,05,576 of which 1,59,39,443 are males and 1,52,66,133 are females. Assam is the home of about 2.58% of the Indian population. According to available statistics, Assam ranks in 14th place.
• The state accounts for 2.39% of India’s total area. Whereas the growth rate of India is 17.64%, the same for Assam is 16.93%.
• Nagaon is the largest district, population-wise, with 9.07% of the population of the state living there, followed by Dhubri with 6.25% and Sonitpur with 6.18% of the state’s population, followed by Cachar with 5.57%.
• Assam is extremely under-urbanised. According to the 2census,nsus only 14% of the total population of the State live in town.

Assam Year Book 2023: Population Density

• The number of persons per square kilometre of Assam was 398 in 2011 (In 1901, it was 42 persons only)
• From the data available so far, among the districts Kamrup (Metro) has the highest density of 1,313 persons per square kilometre followed by Dhubri (896) and Barpeta (742). Dima Hasao is the most sparsely populated area of the state, with 44 persons per sq. km.

Assam Year Book 2023: Sex Ratio

• Sex ratio (the number of females per 1000 male) of Assam improved to 958 in 2011 from 935 in 2001.
• Among the districts, Baksa has the highest sex-ratio of 974 female per 1000 male, following by Udalguri (973), Chirang (969), Lakhimpur (968).
• Dima Hasao accounted for the lowest number of females per thousand males with 932.

Assam Year Book 2023: Heavily Populated Districts

• The five heavily populated districts of the State are:
  • Kamrup Metropolitan
  • Dhubri
  • Barpeta
  • Nalbari
  • Nagaon

Assam Year Book 2023: Literacy

• In 2001 the literacy rate of Assam was 63.25% (7 1.28% for male and 54.61% for female), In 2011, the literacy rates of the state are 72.19% (77.85% for male and 63.00% for female).
• Dhubri stood at bottom with a literacy rate of 58.30% with Darrang being close to it having 63.08% literacy.
• Literacy among women is the lowest in Dhubri with a percentage of 53.33.
• Literacy rate of both male and female showed sizeable increase from 71.28% (male) and 54.61% (female) in 2001 to 77.85% (male) and 63.00% (female) respectively in 2011.

Assam Year Book 2023: Religion

• Vaishnavism another form of Hinduism also had made a fairly early entry into Assam, but in the beginning, it was nothing more than a cult It was Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev who gave a new definition to this cult through his neo-Vaishnavite movement.
• Sankar Deva’s neo-Vaishnavite bhakti movement brought in an age of revival with diverse spiritual, social, humanistic, artistic, and literary aspects. 
• The entry of Islam as a religion to Assam came through neighbouring Bengal which already had Muslim rulers a few decades after the Mughal dynasty was established in India.
• Islamic shrines of the State include Poa-Mecca of Hajo (Poa – meaning one-fourth) and the Ajan Pir Dargah near Sivasagar
• Among others Buddhism, on the other hand, first came down from Bhutan in the north, and then from Myanmar in the east. In fact, the Hayagriva Madhava Temple of Hajo is a place of worship for both Hindus and Buddhists alike.

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