Dhing is a town in the northwest of the Nagaon district in the state of Assam, India.

Geography

Dhing is located at . It has an average elevation of 64 meters (210 feet). Dhing is approximately 25 kilometers from the city of Nagaon.

Demographics

In the 2011 India census, Dhing had a population of 19,235. Males constituted 51.7% of the population and females 48.3%. Dhing had an average literacy rate of 87.35%, higher than the state average of 72.19%. Male literacy is 90.77% and female literacy is 83.69%.

Politics

The Communist leader M. Shamsul Huda was elected several times to the Assam Legislative Assembly as the member for the Dhing legislative assembly constituency. Dhing is part of the

Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency) Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. Assembly segments Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Members of Parliament ^ by ...

. Dhing constituency is currently represented by an All India United Democratic Front politician, Aminul Islam, who has won the last two Assam Legislative Assembly elections in 2011 and 2016.

Education

Dhing serves as an educational hub for surrounding villages and services multiple secondary schools. It also provides post-secondary education with

Dhing College Dhing College, established in 1965, is a general degree college situated in Dhing, Assam. This college is affiliated with the Gauhati University Gauhati University, also known as GU, is a collegiate public state university located in Guwa ...

, which is affiliated with Gauhati University.

Notable people

Hima Das Hima Das (born 9 January 2000), nicknamed ''Dhing Express'', is an Indian sprinter from the state of Assam. She holds the current Indian national record in 400 meters with a timing of 50.79 s that she clocked at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta ...

, first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships *Mufti Khairul Islam, Ex Amir-e-Shariat of North East India * Ratnakanta Borkakati, Assamese poet * Rajdweep, lyricist, playwright, screenwriter, and journalist

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