The Brahmaputra Valley is a region situated between hill ranges of the eastern and northeastern Himalayan range in Eastern India.
The valley consists of the
Western Brahmaputra Valley covering the regions of
Goalpara and
Kamrup; the Central Brahmaputra Valley region covering
Darrang,
Nagaon and the North Bank and Eastern Brahmaputra Valley comprising districts of
Sonitpur,
Lakhimpur,
Dibrugarh and
Sibsagar. The
Teesta River in
North Bengal
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also drains into
Brahmaputra River
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.
The Brahmaputra Valley has a total area of 71,516 km² with containing 30 districts. Brahmaputra Valley with its rainforest-like climate contains some of the most productive soils in the world. The Brahmaputra River flows from
Assam to
Bangladesh where it meets the
Ganges River
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to form the
world's largest delta and finally flows into the
Bay of Bengal in the south.
Demography
The majority of the people of the valley are
Hindus, mostly speaking the
Assamese language. The valley is more populous and prosperous than the rest of the region because of its accessibility to the rest of the country. The Brahmaputra Valley has a population of 27,580,977 as per the 2011 census.
Languages
The population of the Brahmaputra Valley is 27,580,977 according to the 2011 census report by the Assam government. Assamese is the official language of the Brahmaputra Valley and is spoken by 15.1 million people comprising 55.65% of the valley population. Bengali is spoken by 6.09 million people representing 22.1% of the valley, Hindi is spoken by 2.1 million comprising 7.61% of the region, Bodo is spoken by 1.41 million comprising 5.13% of the valley's population and 2.88 million people speak various indigenous tribal languages of Assam, such as
Santali,
Karbi
Karbi may refer to:
Places
* Karbi, Armenia
* Karbi Anglong Plateau, an extension of the Indian Plate in Assam, India
* Karbi Anglong district, a district of Assam, north-eastern India
Other uses
* Karbi people, an ethnic group of North-east ...
,
Lalung,
Hmar,
Deori,
Rabha,
Mishing,
Koch
Koch may refer to:
People
* Koch (surname), people with this surname
* Koch dynasty, a dynasty in Assam and Bengal, north east India
* Koch family
* Koch people (or Koche), an ethnic group originally from the ancient Koch kingdom in north east ...
,
Rajbangshi, Sadri,
Garo,
Dimasa, Gondi, Savara,
Gorkha, Halam, Ao and Motak.
Religion
Out of 27,580,977 people living in the Brahmaputra Valley, a majority of 17,368,618 profess to the
Hindu
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faith, a large minority of 8,934,387 people profess to the
Islamic
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faith, 1,107,192 people profess to the
Christian
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faith and around 170,780 people profess to other faiths such as
Buddhism,
Jainism,
Sikhism and
Animism.
Major cities
The major cities in the valley are
Guwahati, the largest city of
Northeast India and
Dibrugarh, the largest city in
Upper Assam.
List of Cities of Brahmaputra Valley by population (2011) -:
#
Guwahati (metro) - 968,549 (1st rank),
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Dibrugarh - 154,296 (2nd rank),
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Jorhat - 153,889 (3rd rank),
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Nagaon - 155,889 (4th rank),
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Bongaigaon - 139,650 (5th rank),
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Tinsukia - 126,389 (6th rank)
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Tezpur - 102,505 (7th rank).
See also
*
Barak Valley
References
Further reading
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River valleys of India
Landforms of Assam
Brahmaputra River