Jonai is an easternmost sub-division in the district of Dhemaji of Assam. The district is surrounded by Arunachal Pradesh in the north, Lali & Brahmaputra Rivers in the south, Sipiya river and Sadiya Subdivision of Tinsukia district in the east and the river Simen in the west. It covers a total geographical area of 1111.81 km and is about 554 km away from Guwahati.
Jonai Assembly Constituency bears constituency number 114 of the
Assam Assembly. It is located in the Dhemaji district and is a part of
Lakhimpur Lok Sabha Constituency. The seat has been reserved for the Scheduled
Tribes (ST). Bhubon Pegu, an Independent candidate, won the Assam LegislativeAssembly election in 2016. His closest rival was Aswini Pait of the BJP party.
Lakhimpur Parliamentary constituency is made up of 9 assembly constituencies -- Dhakuakhana (1), Dhemaji (1), Dibrugarh (1), Jonai (1), Lakhimpur (2), Majuli (1), Sadiya (1), Tinsukia (1). Pradan Baruah of BJP party in the Lok Sabha election of 2019 won with 774017 votes and the runner up was Anil Borgohain of INC party.
Jonai is a town in Dhemaji District occupying an area of 3,237 sqkm. The district has a populaton of 686,133 according to the 2011 Census. The main religious groups in Jonai are Hindus comprising 548,780, Muslims -- 10,533 and Christians are around 6,390. Dhemaji became a full-fledged district on 14 October 1989 earlier it was merged in the Lakhimpur District. It is placed in the foothills of the lower Himalayas and is relatively a small town compared to other towns in Assam.
There are 321 villages in the Jonai Constituency with a total area of 1111.81 sq. km.
There is a total of 242 Revenue Villages out of 381 total villages.
In the Jonai Assembly Constituency Seat election, Bhubon Pegu, an Independent candidate became the MLA from the Jonai Constituency with a vote of 88441 and Aswini Pait of BJP stood second gaining 39148 votes.
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2016 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election |
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S N |
Candidate |
Party |
Total Vote |
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1 |
Bhubon
Pegu |
IND |
88441 |
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2 |
Aswini
Pait |
39148 |
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As per the Census of 2011, it has a population of 1,69,898 people of which 87,234 are males while 82,664 are females.
There is no municipality in Jonai sub-division but the Subdivision has one Development Block, Murkong Selek Tribal Development Block and One Revenue Circle, Jonai Revenue Circle and fifteen (15) number of Gaon Panchayat.
According to the official census of 2011,
Hindu's are a majority in Jonai. As per Census of 2011, it has a population of 169,898 people of which
87,234 are males while 82,664 are females. Hindus constitute 91.25% of
the total population.
|
Religion |
Total |
Male |
Female |
|
Hindu |
155,026 (91.25%) |
79,610 |
75,416 |
|
Muslim |
6,770 (3.98%) |
3,535 |
3,235 |
|
Christian |
3,148 (1.85%) |
1,569 |
1,579 |
|
Sikh |
38 (0.02%) |
23 |
15 |
|
Buddhist |
152 (0.09%) |
81 |
71 |
|
Jain |
4 (0%) |
2 |
2 |
|
Other Religion |
4,529 (2.67%) |
2,297 |
2,232 |
|
No Religion Specified |
231 (0.14%) |
117 |
114 |
Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) comprises 2.8% and 68.2% of the total population in the circle of Jonai.
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Castes & Tribes |
Total |
Male |
Female |
|
Schedule caste |
4,776 |
2,531 |
2,245 |
|
Schedule Tribe |
115,883 |
59,088 |
56,795 |
Dhemaji, Dimow, Gogamukh and Silapathar are some of the top towns near Jonai. There are no constituencies in this constituency.
The total number of electors recorded in the Assembly election of 2016 was 81.9% which accounts to 2,04,366 out of the total electors 2,51,792. As many as 48.3% men and 51.7% women turned out to vote.
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Gender |
Age Range |
Total |
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|
18-24 |
25-34 |
35-44 |
44-54 |
55-64 |
65+ |
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|
Male |
14,324 (6.0%) |
39,259 (16.5%) |
24,323 (10.2%) |
18,455 (7.8%) |
9,936 (4.2%) |
8,540 (3.6%) |
1,14,837 (48.3%) |
|
Female |
13,627 (5.7%) |
40,137 (16.9%) |
28,673 (12.1%) |
20,063 (8.4%) |
11,500 (4.8%) |
8,723 (3.7%) |
1,22,723 (51.7%) |
|
Others |
3 (0.0%) |
2 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 ( 0.0%) |
5 ( 0.0%) |
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TOTAL |
27,954 (11.8%) |
79,398 (33.4%) |
52,996 (22.3%) |
38,518 (16.2%) |
21,436 (9.0%) |
17,263 (7.3%) |
2,37,565 (100%) |
In Jonai Circle, the total sex ratio is 948 per 1000 males.
As per Census of 2011, it has a population of 169,898 people of which 87,234 are males and 82,664 are females.The population of children of age group 0-6 years comprises of 27,226.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Pradan Baruah of the BJP became the MP from the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha seat.
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Assam Assembly Election Year wise |
Party Name |
Candidate's name |
Won by no of votes or % |
|
2016 |
IND |
Bhubon Pegu |
88441 |
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2011 |
Indian National Congress (INC) |
Pradan Baruah |
97326 |
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2006 |
IND |
Bhubon Pegu |
79117 |
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2001 |
Indian National Congress (INC) |
Pradan Baruah |
55116 |
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1996 |
Assam Gana Parishad (AGP) |
Pradan Baruah |
32148 |
This is the percentage of votes secured by different political parties in the last Assam Assembly Election, 2016. Independent candidate Bhubon Pegu secured 43.3%, BJP secured 19.2%, INC secured 16.3%.
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Candidate Name |
Party |
No of Votes |
Votes % |
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Bhubon Pegu |
IND |
88,441 |
43.3 |
|
Aswini Pait |
BJP |
39,148 |
19.2 |
|
Satho Basumatary |
IND |
33,265 |
16.3 |
|
Sushil Pegu |
INC |
30,890 |
15.1 |
|
Lenindra Kumar Doley |
IND |
5,625 |
2.8 |
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Position |
Candidates Name |
Party of the candidates |
Percentage |
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1 |
Bhubon Pegu |
Independent |
42.89% |
|
2 |
Aswini Pait |
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |
18.98% |
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3 |
Satho Basumatary |
Independent |
16.13% |
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4 |
Sushil Pegu |
Indian National Congress (INC) |
14.98% |
|
5 |
Lenindra Kumar Doley |
Independent |
2.73% |