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Char Chapori
Doriya River of Majuli
Char Chapori is located in AssamChar ChaporiChar Chapori
Geography
LocationBrahmaputra River & its tributaries
Coordinates26°57′0″N 94°10′0″E / 26.95000°N 94.16667°E / 26.95000; 94.16667
Administration
India
StateAssam
Demographics
Ethnic groupsMiya people, Mishing, Deori, Sonowal Kacharis, Koch, Ahom, Chutia, Kalita, Brahmin, Keot, Sut, Nath(yogi) groups
Additional information
Time zone
PIN785102, 785104, 785105, 785110, 785106.781001, 788334 etc

Char Chapori (Assamese: চৰ চাপৰি) is an area in Brahmaputra river and its tributaries in the Indian state Assam constitution of flood plain sediments. According to the Assam Government record, the Char Chapori covers 3,608 km of the Brahmaputra basin, or 4.6% of Assam's area.

Problems

The people of Char Chapori face a certain number of problems including soil erosion, over flooding, illiteracy, high population growth and organised hate crime against them.

Population

Char Chapori bears maximum numbers of Minority Muslim .According to Government of Assam the population of approx. 24.90 lakhs.

References

  1. https://www.academia.edu/17665743/Genesis_of_nellie_massacre_and_assam_agitation Genesis of nellie massacre and assam agitation
  2. http://www.nezine.com/info/Literacy%20declining%20in%20Assam%E2%80%99s%20char%20areas Archived 15 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine Literacy declining in Assam’s char areas
  3. https://dircad.assam.gov.in/about-us/history-0 DIRECTORATE OF CHAR AREAS DEVELOPMENT

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