Social and Developmental Challenges of Kamrup(Metro) District

Brief About Kamrup(Metro) District

Five years of Kamrup district bifurcation
On February 3, 2003, Tarun Gogoi government bifurcated the Kamrup district again into Kamrup (Metro) and Kamrup (Rural) having its permanent headquarters in greater Guwahati only which is not only ill-advised, but also prejudicial and detrimental to the interest of public of Boko and Rangiya.
          Since 2005, this pre-divided district has been sub-divided between the Kamrup (Metropolitan) and Kamrup (Rural) districts, the former comprising of the Metropolitan city of Guwahati and the latter the rest of the district. Both of the district headquarters are located (rather side by side) in the heart of the city of Guwahati.

History
Kamrup district is bifurcated into two districts namely Kamrup and Kamrup Metropolitan. The demarcation of boundaries between the two districts has not yet been finalised and data for both the districts are not available. Hence both the districts are taken together as undivided Kamrup district for preparation of this plan document. The undivided Kamrup district is situated between 25.43° and 26.51° North Latitude and between 90.36° and 92.12° East Longitude. The district is bounded in the North by foot hills of Bhutan and Nalbari district, South by the State of Meghalaya, East by Nagaon and Darrang districts and in the West by Goalpara and Nalbari districts. Kamrup district falls under the Lower Brahmaputra Valley zone. Soil structure of the district is mainly alluvial in nature.
People : About 90% of total population lives in rural areas and are mainly engaged in traditional agriculture, allied, non-farm and service related activities which is predominantly subsistence in nature. An estimated 1.2 lakh families live below poverty line. A part of the population depends on traditional Muga, mulberry, Silk and brass-metal works and also as wage earners in organised and unorganised sectors, specially in the city of Guwahati.

Kamrup Metropolitan
Name of District HQ : Guwahati
Sub divisions : Guwahati (Sadar)
Circles : Chandrapur, Sonapur, Dispur, Guwahati
Development Blocks : Chandrapur, Dimoria, Rani (Part)

Educational Institutions

Civil Hospitals/ Health Institutions

Kamrup
Name of District HQ : Guwahati
Sub divisions : Guwahati, Rangia
Circles : Chamaria, Nagarbera, Boko, Chaygaon, Goraimari, Palashbari, North Guwahati (Part), Hajo, Kamalpur, Rangia, Goreswar (Part)
Development Blocks : Bongaon Dev. Block, Bezera Dev. Block, Boko Dev. Block, Chaygaon Dev. Block, Chayani Dev. Block, Chamaria Dev. Block, Hajo Dev.Block, Sualkuchi Dev.Block, Rani Dev. Block (Part), Rampur Dev.Block, Goroimari Dev. Block, Kamalpur Dev. Block, Rangia Dev. Block, Bihdia Jajikona Dev. Block, Goreswar Dev.Block (Part)

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