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Tamulpur district
District of Assam in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tamulpur district, is an administrative district in Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, one of the North-Eastern states of India. The administrative headquartered at Tamulpur.
This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Tamulpur.
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Tamulpur | |
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![]() Location in Assam | |
Coordinates: 26.64°N 91.58°E / 26.64; 91.58 | |
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Formation | 23 January 2022 |
Headquarters | Tamulpur |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Kokrajhar |
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Tamulpur |
• Deputy Commissioner | Sri Simanta Kumar Das, ACS |
Area | |
• Total | 884 km2 (341 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 389,150 |
• Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Indian Standard Time) |
Website | https://tamulpur.assam.gov.in/ |
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In 2021, the Cabinet of Assam, headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, approved the proposal to make Tamulpur a full-fledged district.[2] On 23 January 2022 Tamulpur was formally created.[3]
On 30 December 2022, Assam Government has decided to remerge it with Baksa district and From, 1 January 2023 the district ceased to exist.[4] The decision came before delimitation process in the state.
However, on August 25, 2023, the Government revealed a new decision to recreate the district, covering the Tamulpur and Goreswar Assembly seats.[5]