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Lakhimpur District (Assam)

Posted Date: 12 Jan 2009 Posted By: Webmaster Member Level: Platinum Points: 1 (Rs. 1)

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Author: Latha Jayaprakash 28 Feb 2009 Member Level: Diamond Points: 25 (Rs 25)

Lakhimpur district is located on the North east corner of Assam. The boundaries are Siang and Papumpare District of Arunachal Pradesh and on the east by Dhemaji District and Subansiri river.
Majuli Sub Division of Jorhat District stands on the southern side and Gahpur sub division of Sonitpur District is on the West.

Lakhimpur District covers an area of 2277 Sqkm, out of which 2257 Sqkm is rural and only 20 sqkm is urban. This district has a population of a population of 889,325 as of 2001census
Lakhimpur lies on north bank of the mighty river Brahmaputra and so the agriculture there is abundant. The name of the district seems to derived from the Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess for prosperity. There can be another meaning also, since paddy is known as Lakhimi in the local language and pur means full.

As the district was dependent on agriculture and the major crop was Paddy the name Lakhimpur would have stuck.
Lakhimpur lies on north bank of the mighty river Brahmaputra. Numerous tribes too inhabit the areas. The most important of these tribes are the Miris, Abors, Mishmis, Khamtis, Kachins and Nagas.
The district has been divided into two subdivisions, Dhakuakhana and North Lakhimpur, leaving Dhemaji as a separate district.

Important reserved forests of the Lakhimpur district includes Ranga Reserve, Kakoi Reserve, Dulung Reserve and Pava Reserve.Some of the rare varieties of Flora and fauna can be seen in these reserved forests and wild elephants, buffaloes, tigers, deer etc can also be seen roaming about free and the sight is very exhilarating.
Biswanarayan Shastri, Lalit Kumar Doley, Gakul Saikia, Balin Kuli, Arun Kumar Sarma, Ranee Narah have been the previous elected members of Parliament from this area and the present incumbent is Arun Kumar Sharma. of the Asom Gana Parishad.

Dr. Arun Kumar Sharma of AGP won the general elections held in 2004 defeating the nearest rival Ranee Narah of INC by a margin of 28148 votes.

NARUA SATRA is one of the tourist places in the district of Lakhimpur. This was built by Damodar Aata, the grandson and one of the disciples of Srimanta Sankara deva. This satra is is situated in the north-East part of the historical place Dhakuakhana, at Subasiri a small place between Balahi Sampara and Saupara.