This article is about the municipality in India. For its namesake district, see
Tinsukia district
.
Town in Assam, India
Tinsukia
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A view of the Tinikunia Pukhuri
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Nickname:
Commercial Hub of Assam
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Location in Assam, India
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Tinsukia (India)
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Coordinates:
27°30′00″N
95°22′01″E
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27.500°N 95.367°E
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27.500; 95.367
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Country
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India
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State
| Assam
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Region
| Upper Assam
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District
| Tinsukia
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No. Of Wards
| 20
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Established
| 1889
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? Type
| Municipality
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? Body
| Tinsukia Municipal Board
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Chairman
| Sri udhav agarwal,
BJP
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? District Commissioner
| Sri Swapneel Paul,
IAS
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? Superintendent Of Police
| Sri Gurav Abhijit Dilip,
IPS
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? Total
| 30 km
2
(10 sq mi)
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? Rank
| 7th in Assam
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Elevation
| 116 m (381 ft)
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? Total
| 126,389
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? Rank
| 7th in Assam
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? Density
| 4,200/km
2
(11,000/sq mi)
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Demonym
| Tinsukian
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Time zone
| UTC+5:30
(
IST
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PIN
| 7861XX
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Telephone code
| 91-374
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ISO 3166 code
| IN-AS
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Vehicle registration
| AS-23
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Sex Ratio
| 910
♀?
/ 1000
♂?
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Climate
| Cwa
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Official Language
| Assamese
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Literacy Rate
| 89.03%
high
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Lok Sabha
Constituency
| Dibrugarh
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Vidhan Sabha
Constituency
| Tinsukia, Digboi, Doom Dooma, Sadiya, Margherita, Makum
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Website
| tinsukia
.assam
.gov
.in
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Tinsukia
(Pron: ?t?n?s?ki?) is an industrial town. It is situated 480 kilometres (298 mi) north-east of
Guwahati
and 84 kilometres (52 mi) away from the border with
Arunachal Pradesh
.Tinsukia serves as the headquarters of the
Moran Autonomous Council
, which is the governing council of the
Morans
(An indigenous tribal group found predominantly in the Tinsukia district and neighbouring Arunachal pradesh).
It is the administrative headquarters of
Tinsukia District
of
Assam
, India.
History
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During the reign of
Sudangphaa
(1397-1407), the relatively small
Ahom kingdom
was attacked by
Mong Kawng
, a
Shan state
in what is today
Upper Burma
. A Mong Kwang army sent under General Ta-chin-Pao advanced up to Tipam but was subsequently defeated and pushed back as far as the
Kham Jang
territory.
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
.
Tinsukia is the site of
Bengmara
, which was originally known as
Changmai Pathar
. It was the capital of the
Matak kingdom
which was founded by Swargadeo
Sarbananda Singha
.
[4]
Swargadeo Sarbananda Singha, known as Mezara, was a member of the erstwhile
Chutia
royal family and rose to become an able administrator.
[5]
Mezara adopted the name Sarbananda Singha after he became the king.
Swargadeo
Sarbananda Singha introduced coins in his name and in Saka 1716 and 1717, he inscribed the title Swargadeo in the coins.
Geography
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Tinsukia is located at
27°30′N
95°22′E
/
27.5°N 95.37°E
/
27.5; 95.37
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[6]
It has an average elevation of 116 metres (380 feet).
Demographics
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According to the 2011 census, Tinsukia had a population of 116,322.
[8]
It is estimated that the city has a population of 178,000 people in 2024.
[9]
Males constituted 55% of the population and females 45%. Tinsukia had an average literacy rate of 70.15%, higher than the national average of 64.84%; male literacy was 77.89%, and female literacy 63.54%. 13.29% of the population was under 6 years of age.
[10]
Languages spoken in Tinsukia (2011)
[11]
Others (3.98%)
According to the 2011 census, 34.46% of the population spoke
Hindi
, 33.05%
Bengali
, 21.29%
Assamese
, 4.37%
Bhojpuri
, 1.89%
Nepali
and 0.96%
Rajasthani
as their first language.
[11]
Politics
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Tinsukia is part of
Dibrugarh (Lok Sabha constituency)
.
[12]
Sanjoy Kishan
of BJP is the current MLA of
Tinsukia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
.
Media
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The Assamese daily
Dainik Janambhumi
is published from Tinsukia along with
Guwahati
and
Jorhat
.
Notable people from Tinsukia
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Notes
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References
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- Phukan, J. N. (1991). "Relations of the Ahom kings of Assam with those of Mong Mao (in Yunnan, China) and of Mong Kwang (Mogaung in Myanmar)".
Proceedings of the Indian History Congress
.
52
: 888?893.
ISSN
2249-1937
.
JSTOR
44142722
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- Dutta, Sristidhar (1985),
The Mataks and their Kingdom
, Allahabad: Chugh Publications
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Tinsukia
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