District-wise Population Density in Assam
(1991 & 2001)

Districts

1991

2001

Kokrajhar

255

294

Dhubri

473

584

Goalpara

366

451

Bongaigaon

322

361

Barpeta

427

506

Kamrup

460

579

Nalbari

450

504

Darrang

373

432

Marigaon

375

455

Nagaon

494

604

Sonitpur

268

315

Lakhimpur

330

391

Dhemaji

148

176

Tinsukia

254

303

Dibrugarh

308

347

Sibsagar

340

395

Jorhat

306

354

Golaghat

236

270

Karbi Anglong

64

78

North Cachar Hills

31

38

Cachar

321

381

Karimganj

457

555

Hailakandi

338

409

Assam

286

340

Assam State Assembly Elections, 1996
Constituency Data : 9 - Silchar

Male

Female

Total

I. Candidates

Nominated

14

1

15

Rejected

2

0

2

Withdrawn

0

0

0

Contested

12

1

13

Forfeited Deposit

10

1

11

II. Electors

General

78886

65456

144342

Service

161

63

224

Total

79047

65519

144566

III. Electors who Voted

General

54273

48023

102296

Postal

63

39

102

Total

54336

48062

102398

IV. Votes

Polled

102398

(70.83% of Total Electors)

Valid

97438

--

Rejected

4960

(4.84% of Total Votes Polled)

Missing

0

 --

Tendered

3

--

V. Polling Stations

Number : 167

Average Voters Per Polling Station : 866

VI. Dates

Polling

Counting

Declaration of Result

27-Apr-96

 8-May-96

  10-May-96

VII. Result

Party

Candidates

Votes

Winner :

BJP

Bimalangshu Roy

42293

Runner up :

INC

Kamalendu Bhattacharjee

40774

Margin :

1519

1.56% ( of Total Valid Votes )

Annual Estimates of Birth Rate (Rural/Urban) in Assam
(1971 to 1987)

Year

Total

Rural

Urban

1971

38.5

39.3

31.0

1972

36.4

37.3

27.7

1973

33.3

33.8

27.6

1974

32.8

33.6

24.8

1975

30.1

30.7

23.7

1976

32.8

33.7

24.0

1977

30.1

30.6

24.7

1978

30.8

31.6

23.0

1979

33.8

34.7

24.0

1980

31.9

32.7

22.5

1981

33.0

33.8

23.2

1982

34.2

35.1

23.9

1983

34.7

35.6

24.5

1984

35.3

36.0

26.1

1985

34.3

35.0

25.0

1986

34.7

35.5

24.8

1987

34.2

34.9

25.7

Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at Factor Cost by Industry of Origin
(At 1993-94 Prices) in Assam
(1993-1994 to 1999-2000)

(Rs. in Lakh)

 Sector

1993-94

1994-95

1995-96

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99

   1999-00

1. Agriculture

526779

534914

542616

540507

562114

534420

533720

2. Forestry & logging

29882

27785

30301

30568

30912

31375

32133

3. Fishing

39645

39976

40510

40095

40236

40426

38142

4. Mining & quarrying

113442

112452

112935

109587

125001

125673

128996

Sub Total of Primary

709748

715127

726362

720757

758263

731894

732991

5. Manufacturing

132442

143913

145334

148072

160833

146859

156762

Manu-Registered

100382

112156

112150

114819

122243

107131

119554

Manu-Unregistered

32060

31757

33184

33253

38590

39728

37208

6. Construction

69961

77919

72321

84650

81245

90960

65121

7. Electricity, gas and Water supply

23731

23325

27680

27953

25170

23653

24455

Sub Total of Secondary

226134

245157

245335

260675

267248

261472

246338

8. Transport, storage & communication

59783

61997

65771

67027

60354

63440

64817

Railways

11812

12490

14703

13975

14390

15633

15153

Transport by other means

38291

39184

39866

40962

31469

34282

35410

Storage

363

399

341

336

919

-83

-190

Communication

9317

9924

10861

11754

13576

13608

14444

9. Trade, hotels and restaurants

244111

256704

262594

278850

220963

227395

222942

10. Banking & Insurance

43067

46803

52737

67540

76516

80659

91874

11. Real estate, ownership of dwellings and business services

48806

48989

50034

50784

51320

52486

59523

12. Public administration

85170

88904

90201

88837

109170

109761

127420

13. Other services

97498

93568

108649

114180

121168

134266

168321

Sub Total of Tertiary

578435

596965

629986

667218

639491

668007

734897

14. State domestic product (Rs. lakh)

1514317

1557249

1601683

1648650

1665002

1661373

1714226

15. Calculated State domestic product (Rs. Lakh)

1514317

1557249

1601683

1648650

1665002

1661373

1714226

16. Population

23580488

24048026

24524834

24972004

25370599

25732389

26062879

17. State Per Capita Income (Rs.)

6422

6475

6530

6602

6563

6456

6577

18. Calculated State Per Capita Income (Rs.)

6422

6476

6531

6602

6563

6456

6577

Month/Material-wise Consumption of Fertilisers in Assam (2000-01 & 2001-02)

(Tonne)

 Months

2000-01

2001-02

Urea

SSP

MOP

DAP

Urea

SSP

MOP

DAP

April

6299

3843

2169

2357

7329

4390

2291

2743

May

10083

5241

2871

2716

8945

4930

3982

3131

June

6948

3839

2787

2839

8969

5816

3759

3781

July

13300

8441

5868

7796

12618

9145

6135

7446

August

13305

7006

5433

5601

14670

9941

7398

6975

September

14118

5210

4344

4203

13318

6327

5470

5789

Kharif

64253

33500

23472

25512

65849

40549

28135

29865

October

8727

5133

3974

3616

9802

5965

4035

4176

November

10793

6685

4496

4897

13911

9207

6145

6024

December

9771

5758

4499

4682

11436

6930

5210

5217

January

12033

7476

4609

4487

11762

6979

4830

4798

February

16293

8301

5690

5874

15434

8857

6182

5626

March

17172

6183

4444

4381

12487

7720

5032

4665

Rabi

74789

39536

27712

27937

74832

65658

31434

30506

Grand Total

139042

73116

51184

53449

140681

86207

59569

60371

University-wise Enrolment of Students, Number of Teaching Staff and Teacher Students Ratio (University Teaching Departments/University Colleges) in Assam
(1995-1996)

University

Total Enrolment

Women Enrolment

% Age of Women

Teaching Staff

Teacher       Student    Ratio

Assam

838

366

43.7

45

1:19

Assam Agricultural

1671

526

31.5

370

1:5

Dibrugarh

1698

764

45.0

180

1:9

Gauhati

4219

1264

30.0

296

1:14

Tezpur

121

25

20.7

24

1:5

I.I.T., Gauhati

65

0

0.0

24

1:3

State Total

8612

2945

34.2

939

1:9