Charaideo district

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Charaideo district
District of Assam
Charaideo Maidam of Ahom Kings at Charaideo in Sivasagar, Assam 4.jpg
Maidam of Ahom Kings
Charaideo in Assam (India).svg
Location in Assam
Charaideo district
Sonari district
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Assam
Division Upper Assam
Headquarters Sonari
Government
 •  Lok Sabha constituencies Jorhat
 •  Vidhan Sabha constituencies Mahmara, Sonari
Area
 • Total
1,300 km2 (500 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
471,418
 • Density360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Assamese
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration AS 33
Website charaideo.assam.gov.in

Charaideo district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. It was formally declared a new district of the state on 15 August 2015 by then Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi. [1] It has been carved out of Sivasagar district with Charaideo District as its administrative headquarter. It comes under Upper Assam division. [2] [3] [4]

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Etymology

Charaideo was established by the first Ahom king Chaolung Sukaphaa. [5] The name Charaideo originated from Tai-Ahom word Che Rai Doi or Doi Che Rai which means the shining city on the hills. The Che-Rai-Doi Assamised into Charaideo or Charai-khorong. [6] [7]

History

Before the arrival of Sukaphaa the place was a place of worship for local tribes like Morans, Borahis and Sutiyas. [8]

The site of Charaideo was the capital of the Ahom kingdom established by the first Ahom king Chao Lung Siu-Ka-Pha in 1253. The Maidams (tumulus) of the Ahom kings and queens at Charaideo hillocks resemble the shape of small pyramids. The site has had some archaeological works but also has suffered from robbers. [9] There have been calls for the site to be UNESCO World Heritage listed. [10]

During the reign of Sudangphaa (1397–1407), the relatively small Ahom kingdom was attacked by Mong Kwang, a Shan state in what is today Upper Burma. A Mong Kwang army sent under General Ta-chin-Pao advanced upto Tipam but was subsequently defeated and pushed back as far as the Kham Jang territory. [11] The generals of the two armies conducted a peace treaty on the shore of the Nong Jake lake and in accordance with the Tai custom dipped their hands in the lake, fixing the boundary of the two kingdoms at Patkai hills. [11]

Demographics

Religions in Charaideo district (2011) [12]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
 
88.00%
Christianity
 
5.24%
Islam
 
4.58%
Other (tribal religion)
 
1.25%
Buddhism
 
0.72%
Other or not stated
 
0.21%

The district has a population of 471,418, of which 29,723 (6.31%) live in urban areas. [13] Charaideo has a sex ratio of 955 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 7,643 (1.62%) and 11,909 (2.53%) of the population respectively. [14]

Languages of Charaideo district (2011) [15]
  1. Assamese (75.64%)
  2. Sadri (7.64%)
  3. Bengali (4.22%)
  4. Odia (3.2%)
  5. Hindi (1.92%)
  6. 'Other' Hindi (1.8%)
  7. Nepali (1.38%)
  8. Others (4.2%)

Notable people

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Assam gets five more districts
  2. ↑ Charaideo commonly known as pyramids of Assam
  3. ↑ reparations afoot for inauguration of Charaideo district at Sonari
  4. ↑ Palasbari incensed over choice of district HQ
  5. ↑ Gogoi, Padmeswar (1968). The Tai and the Tai kingdoms: with a fuller treatment of the Tai-Ahom kingdom in the Brahmaputra Valley. Dept. of Publication, Gauhati University. pp. 264 & 265.
  6. ↑ Gohain, Birendra Kr (1999). Origin of the Tai and Chao Lung Hsukapha: A Historical Perspective. Omsons Publications. pp. 72 & 73.
  7. ↑ Bezbaruah, Ranju; Banerjee, Dipankar; Research, Indian Council of Historical (2008). North-East India: interpreting the sources of its history. Indian Council of Historical Research. p. 117. ISBN   9788173052958.
  8. ↑ ( Dutta 1985 :50)
  9. ↑ Dutta, Pullock; Das, Ripunjoy (2003-03-01). "Bounty hunters beat ASI to tombs". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
  10. ↑ Das, Ripunjoy (2006-01-19). "Saving Ahom kingdom - Local youths push for Unesco tag to protect Charaideo". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
  11. 1 2 Phukan 1991, p. 891.
  12. ↑ "Table C-01 Population By Religion: Assam". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  13. ↑ "District Census Handbook: Sivasagar" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  14. ↑ "Charaideo at a glance | Charaideo District | Government Of Assam, India". charaideo.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  15. 1 2 "Table C-16 Population By Mother Tongue: Assam". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.

References

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