Hailakandi

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district = Hailakandi
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Hailakandi is a city and a municipal board in Hailakandi district in the Indian state of Assam.

Geography

Hailakandi is located at coord|24.68|N|92.57|E|. [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/3/Hailakandi.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Hailakandi] ] It has an average elevation of 21 metres (68 feet).

It comprises three notified towns viz. Hailakandi (district headquarters),Lala and Algapur and one industrial town ship viz. Panchgram. A Municipal Board governs Hailakandi town & a town Committee governs Lala. It has five development blocks viz. Algapur, Hailakandi, Lala, Katlicherra & South Hailakandi development Block. There is a Mahkuma Parishad named Hailakandi Mahkuma Parishad covering these 5 Development Blocks. There are total of 62 Nos. of Gaon Panchayat under these five blocks. The district is divided into four revenue circles comprising of a total of 393 villages (including 27 forest villages). Nearly half the district consists of forests. Out of the remaining half, 33.2% is under cultivation. Rice is the main crop. District has got 17 tea gardens. The District has 4 Police stations, 2 Police out post, 4 Colleges, 43 H/E, H/School, 247 ME/ MV Schools and 937 LP schools.

History

It was constituted as a civil subdivision on 1st June 1869. Subsequently, it was upgraded to district in 1989. It has an area of 1326.10 square kilometres. Out of this, more than 50% is reserve forest. There are total of two reserve forests in Hailakandi District viz. Inner line reserve forest and Katakhal reserve forest. The district has got inter-state border with Mizoram on its south having a length of 76 km besides inter district border on other sides with Karimganj and Cachar districts. In year 2006 , it is estimated to have a population of 5,46,978.

The main language of the town is Bengali and Bishnupriya Manipuri has a sizeable presence.

Economy

In the organized sector, tea is the main industry of the district. It has 17 Tea estates with 55.70 square kilometres under tea plantation employing more than 1,30,642 persons as per 1991 census. Production of tea was 87.62 tonnes. The Hindustan paper mill Panchgram comes to the second place where large number of people get employment opportunities in the district. The pre dominant income generating activity for the district is through agricultural sector and its allied enterprises.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, [GR|India] Hailakandi had a population of 29,634. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Hailakandi has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 73%. In Hailakandi, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

In this district there are 4 colleges. 48 High & Higher Secondary Schools, 253 Middle Schools, 1019 Primary/Pre Primary Schools,1 Navodaya Vidyalaya, 1 Kendriya Vidyalaya & 1 Basic Training School.

#Srikishana Sarda College : Srikishan Sarda College was established in 1950 with eminent educationalist Late Sisir Kar Shastri as the founder Principal. The College land was donated by educationalist late Pratap Ch. Nath. Late Shrichand Sarda donated the 1st building of the College. The College was affiliated to Gauhati University in 1956. Now it is affiliated to Assam University, since 1994. There are about 1300 students studying in Arts and Science stream. It has a strength of 55 Lecturers and 24 non teaching staffs. The Subjects taught here are English, Bengali, Manipuri, Sanskrit, Persian, Economics, Political Science, Philosophy, History, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology & Statistics. The College is imparting education up to Degree Honors level in all subjects except Manipuri and Chemistry. There are many students who came out with flying colours from this College & later on occupied high position in the Society.

#Abdul Latif Choudhury College :(Algapur) was established in 1996 with eminent politician Janab Shaidul Alom Choudhury laid the foundation stone. He was the founder of this college and donated the land. The College was affiliated to Assam University (a central University) in 1996. This is number one college in the district terms of infrastructure & facilities. This is the first college in the district which has four floors and all of them were well equipped and maintained. This college is an introduction of modern technology in this district and it is located 8KM away from the main town Hailakandi. The College has two streams Arts and commerce. Since 1996, there are about 2500 students studying in Arts and Commerce stream. It has strength of 35 Experience Lecturers some of them are gold medalist and 14 non teaching staffs. The Subjects taught here are English, Bengali, Manipuri, Sanskrit, Persian, Economics, Political Science, Philosophy, History, Mathematics, Financial Accounting, Business Organization and Management, Computer Applications, Office Management, Business Law, Cost Accounting, Audit, Operations Research and Statistics. The College is imparting education up to Degree Honors level in all subjects except Commerce stream. There are many students who came out with flying colours from this College & later on occupied high position in the Society.

# Sashi Bushan Institute of Oper Learning College: This College started few years ago, is now functioning in the Community Hall, constructed by DRDA. This Building/Hall was established from the EAS Fund of 98-99 with an amount of Rs. 7.50 lakhs. It is situated at Lakhirbond, Hailakandi Badarpur PWD Road. It was inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam on 15th December,1998. Besides the construction of building of the College, the DRDA has also constructed the bounding walls of the College with an amount of Rs. 6.00 lakhs from EAS fund.

#Sanskrit College: The building of Sanskrit College was constructed by DRDA from United Fund 1996-97 for an amount Rs.5.02 lakhs. At present nearly two hundred and above student are being benefited by this college.

#ETC, Hailakandi(Boalipar): Extension Training Centre, Hailakandi was constructed in the year 1998. There are (four) ETCs in the state of Assam. The ETC, Hailakandi covers the whole of Barak Valley & Hills districts. To arm up the rural youth both with the modern technique method, culture, veterinary, fishery, small scale Industries and other subjects with the hope of providing self employment in the rural areas with the help of D.R.D.A and other Govt. sectors are its main objects. So far 1391 unemployed youth were imparted training on Agro based sectors for self employment. Apart from this computer operation training is available in ETC.

#Algapur Adarsha Vidyapith : The School was established in 1997 with the name of Algapur Block. The main focus of the school is to spread high quality education in this locality. The foundation stone was laid down by Md, Akthar Hussain Barbhuiya (Director and founder of the School) and Mr. Sushil Kumar Sinha (District President, BJP). The strength of the School is about 1000 and the admission is strictly on the merit and performance basis.The School has a dedicated team of teaching and non teaching staff. In 2004 it introduce “Computer” as compulsory subject in high classes. The School has a glorious records of achieving 100% passing score till now and large number of students are serving in high posts in different fields in India and abroad.

#Govt. V. M. H.S. School : The School was first established after the name of Queen Victoria as Victoria Memorial Middle English School in 1903 to spread education in this locality. The foundation stone was laid down by Her Majesty the Queen Victoria of England. The School was upgraded to High School stage in 1913 with Babu Raj Kumar Sen as the first Head Master. The School was undertaken by Govt. In 1928 the roll strength of the School is about 1500 and the admission is strictly on the merit basis. The teaching in H.S. section is imparted both in English and Bengali medium. The School has a dedicated team of teaching and non teaching staff. The School has a glorious history of remarkable results and large number of students are serving in high posts in different fields in India and abroad.

Computer Institute

#NIIT: (Hailakandi) NIIT in 2001 has set up its branch, to give training to IT professionals, students and Executives. It provides world class IT training along with the course content. The mission is to provide computer literacy in this Town and to provide employment opportunities. The faculty member were hired from different part of India. The successful students are now working in different MNCs and IT companies.

#Com.Front Computer Institute:( Algapur) The premier institute was set up in January 2004 with a view to increase the literacy rate of computer in Algapur Block and to give training to unemployed youth. Along with the education it also did social activities and provide free teaching and learning materials to financially weaker section of the society. The management and teaching part is completely taken care by 'Surajit Sinha' (MILU). The institute has a very good track record. And it take good initiative in terms of management and functions. While the management think that they had already planned something big good for the locality and that is still to come. The institute offer courses in Computer Hardware and Software and other short term courses.

Politics

Hailakandi is part of Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency). [cite web
url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf
title = List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies
accessdate = 2008-10-05
work = Assam
publisher = Election Commission of India ]

References

External links

* [http://hailakandi.nic.in/map.htm Map of Hailakandi]
* [http://www.barakbangla.com/ Barak Valley]
* [http://www.karimganj.com/hailakandi.htm Hailakandi Online]
* [http://silchartoday.com/tour_travels/assam/silchar/hailakandi_home.htm About Hailakandi]