Lala is a town and a
town area committee
A Town area committee is a semi-municipal authority constituted for the administration of small towns in India. They are assigned a limited number of civic functions like street lighting, drainage, roads, conservancy, etc. Town area committees were ...
in
Hailakandi district
Hailakandi district is one of the 33 districts of Assam state in north-eastern India. It makes up the Barak Valley alongside Cachar and Karimganj. It was constituted as a civil subdivision on 1 June 1869. Subsequently, it was upgraded to a distr ...
in the
India
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n
state
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of
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
.
Geography
Lala is located at . It has an average elevation of 21
metre
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s (69
feet
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).
Demographics
India
census
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,
Lala had a population of 10,345. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Lala has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 78%. In Lala, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
References
Hailakandi
Cities and towns in Hailakandi district
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