KATLICHERA is a town in the district of Hailakandi of the Indian State of Assam which is located at 28 km towards South from the headquarters. A Tehsil head quarter situated in the border of the Hailakandi District and Karimganj District. The pin code of the place is 788165 and the postal head office is Manipur Bagan.
Katlichera belong to the constituency number 7 of the 126 constituencies of the legislative assembly of Assam in India and is one of the 3 constituencies located in Hailakandi and is a part of Karimganj Lok Sabha Constituency along with 7 other assembly segments. Suzamuddin Laskar of All India United Democratic Front party won the Vidhan Sabha Election in 2016 with the maximum number of votes and the runner up was Gautam Roy of the INC party.
Karimganj Parliamentary constituency belonging to the state of Assam is made up of 8 assembly constituency segment which are Hailakandi (3), Karimganj (5) districts. Kripanath Mallah of BJP party in the Lok Sabha election of 2019 won with 471946 votes and the runner up was Radheshyam Biswas of AIUDF party. The number of votes with which BJP won the elections of 2019 are 37427 votes.
Hailakandi is a district of the 33 districts of Assam which makes up the Barak Valley along with Cachar and Karimganj.
There are 73 villages in Katlichera circle of the Hailakandi district. Hailakandi is the main town where the heart of the city lies.
Some of the nearby villages inhabited are Katlichara (2 KM), Harishnagar (3 KM), Dinanathpur (4 KM), Sahabad (4 KM) and Mahmadpur - Joykrishnapur (8 KM). Katlicherra is surrounded by Dullavcherra Tehsil to the west, Lala Tehsil to the North, Ramkrishna Nagar Tehsil towards North and Bilkhawthlir Tehsil towards East.
Katlichera is an assembly constituency from Assam and the latest election was held in 2016 and was won by All India United Democratic Front named Suzamuddin Laskar by defeating Gautam Roy from INC with a vote of 15084 number. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Kripanath Mallah won from Karimganj Lok Sabha (MP) seat defeating Radheshyam Biswas from All India Democratic Front with a vote share of 38389.
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Candidate's Name |
Party |
Level |
Votes |
Vote Rate % |
Margin |
|
Suzamuddin Laskar |
AIUDF |
Winner |
50,676 |
79.00% |
15,084 |
|
Gautam Roy |
INC |
Runner Up |
35,592 |
79.00% |
As per report released by Census, India of 2011, it has a population of 1,68,077 of which 86,005 are males while 82,072 are females.
The total number of households in the Katlichera Constituency is 34,975 of the Hailakandi District.
Water connection in the area comes from various sources like
the Covered Well, Uncovered Well, Hand Pump and Tube Wells/Boreholes are other
Drinking Water sources.
According to the official census of 2011, Muslims are a majority in Katlichera constituency. The total population of Katlichera is 168,077 according to census 2011 where Muslims constitute 50% of the total population.
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Religion-wise Population - Katlichera Circle |
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Religion |
Total |
Male |
Female |
|
|
Hindu |
79,019 |
(47.01%) |
40,587 |
38,432 |
|
Muslim |
84,044 |
(50%) |
42,830 |
41,214 |
|
Christian |
4,339 |
(2.58%) |
2,232 |
2,107 |
|
Sikh |
17 |
(0.01%) |
7 |
10 |
|
Buddhist |
458 |
(0.27%) |
235 |
223 |
|
Jain |
13 |
(0.01%) |
8 |
5 |
|
Other Religion |
2 |
(0%) |
1 |
1 |
|
No Religion Specified |
185 |
(0.11%) |
105 |
80 |
Schedule caste comprises of 24,099 of which male population is 12,394 and the female population is 11,705 and there are all total of 165 Schedule Tribe of which 93 are males and 72 are females.
Top three cities near Katlichera are Hailakandi, Dharmanagar, Silchar and Karimganj.
The total number of women voters recorded in the election 2019 was 77.81% where as 49.72% Men turned out to vote. The total number of women voters were 2,28,750 out of which 1,77,999 voters turned out to exercise their voting rights.
In Katlichera, the Sex Ratio is 954. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Katlichera is around 957 compared to Average Sex Ratio of 954 so for every 1000 men there are 945 women in Katlichera circle.
The number of total populations of the district is 168077 of which the population of children of age group 0-6 years comprises of 16% of the total population which accounts to a number of 30797. Out of which male children accounts to 15739 and female children from ranges to 15058 between the age group 0-6 years. The census 2011 gives us a ratio of child sex at Katlichera to 957 greater than the average sex ratio.
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Candidate's Name |
Party |
Level |
Votes |
Vote Rate % |
Margin |
|
Suzam Uddin Laskar |
AIUDF |
Winner |
50,676 |
79.00% |
15,084 |
|
Gautam Roy |
INC |
Runner Up |
35,592 |
79.00% |
This is the percentage of votes secured by different political parties in the last Lok Sabha Election 2019 at Badarpur where BJP securing 47.49%, AIUDF securing 44.74%, INC securing 5.34% and others respectively.
| Votes of Top 5 Candidates in Election Loksabha 2019 | ||||
| Position | Candidate Name | Party | Total Votes | Percentage Share |
| 1 | Kripanath Mallah | BJP | 64778 | 47.49% |
| 2 | Radheshyam Biswas | AIUDF | 61026 | 44.74% |
| 3 | Swarup Das | INC | 7279 | 5.34% |
| 4 | Chandan Das | AITC | 653 | 0.48% |
| 5 | Parikshit Roy | IND | 408 | 0.3% |
In the 2016 Legislative Assembly election, Suzam Uddin Laskar of AIUDF became the MLA from the Constituency with a vote of 50676 defeating Gautam Roy of INC stood second gaining 35592 votes.
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2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Katlicherra |
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Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
|
AIUDF |
Suzamuddin Laskar |
50,676 |
40.59 |
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|
INC |
Gautam Roy |
35,592 |
28.51 |
|
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MLA Sazum Uddin Laskar has worked for the betterment of the constituency in the last few years. He has been very passionate to the needy people in his constituency. With a mind to work for the betterment and upliftment of the society, he has been profound in bringing equilibrium towards all the people. He caters to the needs of people and has been working towards the development and transportation of the place. He is also active in Social Media and maintains an updated Facebook Page of all his recent works.
The construction of Polytechnic at Katlichera is been demanded by the DC to get completed in the last year and another various project were being reviewed. The latest schemes or projects are to be implemented after the 2021 elections.