Tangla
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Tangla is a town and a town area committee in earlier Darrang district
and present Udalguri district
(BTAD) in the India
n state
of Assam
.
It was a prominent businessplace (Jute
, Bua
(Beetlenuts), Rice
etc. and a host of small scale industries) and centre of culture in Darrang district but due to violent agitation by Bodos and Bodo insurgency since past 20 years, its glory had suffered badly.
A really admirable aspect of Tangla is that it has a really diverse population including Tea Tribes , Bodos, Rabhas etc. which leads to its tolerant and rich cuture.
, Tangla had a population of 17,313. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Tangla has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 70%. In Tangla, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Assamese is the major languages spoken in the urban area while others vastly spoken languages include Bodo, Bengali, Nepali, Hindi, English etc. Assamese, Bodo and Bangla are spoken widely in the surrounding areas.
A number of tea gardens are located nearby and Tangla is the nearest commercial access point for them.
Educational Institutions: Tangla College, North Darrang College and other private colleges like N.E.Province College. Schools : Tangla Higher Secondary School, Tangla Girls High School, Tangla Model High School, Auxilium Convent, Don Bosco, Tangla English Medium High School,Maharishi Vidya Mandir,Arunodai Academy etc.
Nearest Railyway station: Tangla
Nearest Police station: Tangla
Nearest Airport - LGBI Airport (Guwhati)j
Nearest Hospital: Kalaguru Bishnu Rabha Thirty Bedded Govt Hospital
Major Festivals: Rongali Bihu and Boisagu in the month of April. Durga Puja in October.
'Some well known persons of Tangla Town are:
Dr.Basi Ram Baro(Ex-Principal Tangla Collega Tangla)
Binay Kumar Medhi,
Ikhadhar Das )
Darrang District
Darrang is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Mangaldai. The district occupies an area of 3481 km².-History:In 1983 Sonitpur district was formed from part of Darrang...
and present Udalguri district
Udalguri district
Udalguri district is one of the 27 districts of Assam state in north-eastern India. Udalguri town is the headquarters of the district.-Etymology:...
(BTAD) in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
.
It was a prominent businessplace (Jute
Jute
Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from plants in the genus Corchorus, which has been classified in the family Tiliaceae, or more recently in Malvaceae....
, Bua
Bauang, La Union
Bauang is a 1st class municipality in the Philippine province of La Union. According to the latest census, it has a population of 69,837 people in 12,298 households....
(Beetlenuts), Rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
etc. and a host of small scale industries) and centre of culture in Darrang district but due to violent agitation by Bodos and Bodo insurgency since past 20 years, its glory had suffered badly.
A really admirable aspect of Tangla is that it has a really diverse population including Tea Tribes , Bodos, Rabhas etc. which leads to its tolerant and rich cuture.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Tangla had a population of 17,313. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Tangla has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 70%. In Tangla, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Assamese is the major languages spoken in the urban area while others vastly spoken languages include Bodo, Bengali, Nepali, Hindi, English etc. Assamese, Bodo and Bangla are spoken widely in the surrounding areas.
A number of tea gardens are located nearby and Tangla is the nearest commercial access point for them.
Educational Institutions: Tangla College, North Darrang College and other private colleges like N.E.Province College. Schools : Tangla Higher Secondary School, Tangla Girls High School, Tangla Model High School, Auxilium Convent, Don Bosco, Tangla English Medium High School,Maharishi Vidya Mandir,Arunodai Academy etc.
Nearest Railyway station: Tangla
Nearest Police station: Tangla
Nearest Airport - LGBI Airport (Guwhati)j
Nearest Hospital: Kalaguru Bishnu Rabha Thirty Bedded Govt Hospital
Major Festivals: Rongali Bihu and Boisagu in the month of April. Durga Puja in October.
'Some well known persons of Tangla Town are:
Dr.Basi Ram Baro(Ex-Principal Tangla Collega Tangla)
Binay Kumar Medhi,
Ikhadhar Das )