Brahmaputra Valley
The Brahmaputra Valley is a region situated between hill ranges of the eastern and northeastern Himalayan range in Eastern India.
| Brahmaputra Valley | |
|---|---|
| Assam Valley | |
_(4996898562).jpg) Valley of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India. | |
| Length | 600 km (373 mi) North-East |
| Width | 80 km (50 mi) |
| Naming | |
| Native name | ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ উপত্যকা (Assamese) |
| Geography | |
| Location | Assam, India |
| Coordinates | 26.5983°N 92.4506°E [1] |
The valley consists of the western Brahmaputra valley covering the regions of Goalpara and Kamrup; the central Brahmaputra valley region covering Darrang, Nagaon and the North Bank and Eastern Brahmaputra Valley comprising districts of Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh and Sibsagar. The Teesta River in North Bengal also drains into Brahmaputra River.
The Brahmaputra Valley with its rainforest-like climate contains some of the most productive soils in the world. The Brahmaputra River flows from Assam to Bengal where it meets the Ganges River to form the world's largest delta and finally flows into the Bay of Bengal in the south.[2]
People
The majority of the people of valley are Hindus, mostly speaks Assamese language and its variants dialects. The valley is more populous and prosperous than rest of the region because of its accessibility to rest of the country.[3]
Languages
The population of Brahmaputra valley is 27,580,977 according to 2011 census report by Assam government. Assamese is the official language of Brahmaputra valley and are spoken by 15.1 million people comprising 54.75% of the Valley population. Bengali is spoken by 6.34 million people representing 23% of the valley, Hindi is spoken by 2.1 million comprising 7.61% of the region, Bodo is spoken by 1.41 million comprising 5.13% of the valley's population and 2.63 million people speaks various indegenous tribal languages of Assam like Santali, Karbi, Mishing, Koch Rajbangshi, Sadri, Dimasa, Nepali etc.
Major Cities
The major cities in the valley are Guwahati, the largest city of Northeast India and Dibrugarh, the largest city in Upper Assam.
See also
References
- "Brahmaputra River System". Government of Assam, Water Resources.
- Goswami, Homeswar (1985). Population Trends in the Brahmaputra Valley, 1881-1931. Mittal Publications. p. 206.
- Goswami, Homeswar (1985). Population Trends in the Brahmaputra Valley, 1881-1931. Mittal Publications. p. 10.
- https://nezine.com/info/bnhUV3NpcjlsUkxwVTVkNkFhdFJKdz09/census-2011-language-data:-assam-records-decline-in-percentage-of-assamese,-bodo,-rabha-and-santali-speakers.html
- https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-records-decline-percentage-assamese-bodo-speakers.html}}
Further reading
- Das, Bhuban Mohan (1997). The Brahmaputra valley population. p. 156.
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