Lakhimpur district of Assam

 

The name Lakhimpur is believed to be originated from the word “Lakshmi”, the goddess of prosperity. The district was notified as Lakhimpur District through a proclamation issued by then Governor General on July, 1839.
  On 2nd October, 1971 the district was  reorganized with  two sub divisions viz. Dhemaji and North Lakhimpur.  Again in 1980

 It was reorganized  with two subdivisions viz. Dhakuakhana and North Lakhimpur leaving Dhemaji as a separate district. The district was earlier regarded as “Koliapani” because there was practically no road communication to this district till 1950.  In the year 1954, the temporary aerodrome was started. From 1957 the ASTC buses started plying from Lakhimpur and from 1963 the North East Frontier Railway started train services from this district. The district lies between 26048’ and 27053’ northern latitude and 93042’ and 94020’ east longitude (approx.) Forest are mainly tropical rain forest. There are several  reserved forests viz.   Ranga ,    Kakoi,  Dulung    and Pava Reserve.  Wild elephants, buffaloes, tigers, deer, hyenas are seen in the forest area with  varieties of bird species . The Bilmukh bird sanctuary and other protected area rich with migratory birds.

Salient features  a.  A zero industrial district b. Chronic flood affected in some parts c.  agriculture & allied activities are the prime  livelihood d. Most of the agriculture products are organically grown e. A 2000 MW Subansiri hydel project  by NHPC going on at Gerukamukh 60 Km away from N.Lakhimpur town f.   A gateway to several districts of Arunachal including Itanagar , Capital of Arunachal Pradesh g.  One of the few districts  where the golden thread  fabrics i.e. ‘muga silk’ is  grown prominently   h. Sizeable presence of SHG mostly women SHG i. Weather is excellent  except  heavy rain j. The bridges over mighty Brahmaputra at Bogibeel ( Dhemaji district) going on connecting Dibrugarh  k.  Presence of Air, Train and road communication  from state capital ie. Guwahati l. A  cultural hub  with several ethnic tribes m.  One of the 100 most economically backward districts of India identified by Planning Commission, GOI.  n. High seismic earthquake zone o.

District Resources

 
wild butterfly


indigenous orchids


wild elephants


Migratory birds


picnic spot Dirgha

angling


Organic tea


organic rice

  
indigenous rice pounding


SHG’s local product


Goldren thread ‘Muga’


Picturesque Subansiri river

 
Phato Bihu


Bihu

 
Cane bamboo

tea garden


Handloom


ethnic tribes


medicinal plants

Statistics
Total area sqkm 2977                             
                 Rural             2957 
                 urban                              20 
No of Zila Parishad               1
No of Anchalik Panchayat    9
Airport                                      1
Major Industry                         Nil
Minor Industry                         Nil

No of Gaon Panchayat        81  
No. of  Sub division                 2  
No of Revenue Circle             7   
No of Dev Block                      9 
No of revenue Village       1152 
No of Police station                  6 
No of fire station                      2 
Sex ration                                952
Density                                                                     391

Total population   889325
          Male              455689
          Female          437636
Total  literate         517607
Male literate           298539
Female Literate      219068
% Total literacy        69.59%
% Male literacy         78.265
% female literacy                    60.47