Rangia is a town and municipal board, situated in Kamrup district, Assam. It is also an Assembly Constituency. The town is about 52 km away from Dispur, Guwahati. The official language of the town is Assamese. There are many educational institutions in Rangia. Some of them are: Modern English School, Sankardev Academy Junior College, Jawaharlal Nehru Shishu Vidyalaya and Rangia College.
Rangia is one out of 126 Constituencies and bears number 57. It falls under Mangaldoi Lok Sabha Constituency.
Rangia falls under the Mangoldoi Parliamentary Constituency. Dilip Saikia of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Lok Sabha Election 2019 with 735469 votes and Bhubaneswar Kalita of the Indian National Congress party became the runner up with 596924 votes.
Rangia is located in Kamrup district. Kamrup is an administrative district in Assam, India. The area covered by the district is 4345 square km. Amingaon is the district headquarter of Kamrup. As per 2011 census, the district has total 1517542 population.
Rangia Constituency has two towns:
About 84 villages are there in Rangia. The name of few villages is:
The current MLA of Rangia Assembly Constituency is Bhabesh Kalita of Bharatiya Janata Party and there is no reservation for the candidates belonging to minority groups.
Rangia Assembly Constituency has a population of 1,55,333 from which the males are 80,630 and the female are 74,703. The people that live in Urban areas are 11,822, from which 5,971 are male and 5,851 are female and the people that live in rural areas are 36405 from which the males are 18,788 and females are 17,617. The literate people in Rangia are 1,17,523 out of which, 64,736 are male literates and 52,787 are female literates and the illiterate peoples are 37,810 from which 15,894 are male illiterate and 21,916 are female illiterate.
There are about 34,016 households in Rangia.
Rangia Assembly Constituency has Tap water Facility and people of Rangia also have facilities of tube well and borehole.
The basic civic infrastructure of Rangia is maintained by Rangia Municipal Corporation.
People of different religious groups such as Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain live together in Rangia.
|
Religion |
Total people |
Male |
Female |
|
Hindu |
97948 |
50969 |
46979 |
|
Muslim |
56383 |
29108 |
27275 |
|
Christian |
183 |
103 |
80 |
|
Sikh |
125 |
115 |
10 |
|
Buddhist |
20 |
7 |
13 |
|
Jain |
244 |
135 |
109 |
|
Religion not stated |
428 |
192 |
236 |
Schedule Caste residing in Rangia is 5,505 of which 2,793 are males and 2,712 are females and the people belonged to Schedule Tribes are 9,350 of which 4,673 are males and 4,677 are females.
The overall voter turnout in Rangia is 1,43,184 from which 74,784 are male voters and 68,400 are female electorates.
Rangia has a sex ratio of 926 females per thousand males.
Out of 1,55,333 people in Rangia, the children between age 0 to 6 is 17,202 from which 8,748 are boys and 8,454 are girls.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, Rangia Assembly Constituency witnessed a polling percentage of 54.25%, and the polling percentage was 40.72% in 2016 Assembly Election and in 2014 Lok Sabha Election, the polling percentage was 49.72%.
|
Year |
Name of the candidate |
Name of the party |
Votes |
|
1996 |
Thaneswar Baro |
AGP |
43,260 |
|
Umesh Kalita |
INC |
17,494 |
|
|
2001 |
Bhubaneswar Kalita |
INC |
33,308 |
|
Ananta Deka |
CMP |
31,560 |
|
|
2006 |
Ananta Deka |
CPI(M) |
41,970 |
|
Bhubaneswar Kalita |
INC |
35,855 |
|
|
2011 |
Ghanashyam Kalita |
INC |
34,119 |
|
Thaneswar Baro |
AGP |
24,045 |
|
|
2016 |
Bhabesh Kalita |
BJP |
58,353 |
|
Ghanashyam Kalita |
INC |
26,286 |
In 2016 Rangia Election, Bhabesh Kalita of BJP won the MLA seat by securing 40.72% of the overall vote. Ghanashyam Kalita of INC party became the runner up with 18.34%. Abdul Samad Choudhury of AIUDF secured 10.16%. Ananta Deka of CMP secured 8.56% and the independent candidates, Mrinal Deka, Thaneswar Baro, Samsul Haque, Pabitra Baro, Rajib Kakoti, Biswajit Brahma and Babul Baro secured, 12.4%, 3.74, 3.12%, 0.86%, 0.74%, 0.43% and 0.4% respectively.
|
Name of the candidate |
Name of the party |
Percentage |
|
Bhabesh Kalita |
BJP |
40.72% |
|
Ghanashyam Kalita |
INC |
18.34% |
|
Mrinal Deka |
IND |
12.4% |
|
Abdul Samad Choudhury |
AIUDF |
10.16% |
|
Ananta Deka |
CPM |
8.56 |
|
Thaneswar Boro |
IND |
3.74% |
|
Samsul Haque |
IND |
3.12% |
|
Pabitra Baro |
IND |
0.86% |
|
Rajib Kakoti |
IND |
0.74% |
|
Biswajit Brahma |
IND |
0.43% |
|
Babul Baro |
IND |
0.4% |
|
None of the Above |
0.62% |
The candidates that contested in last election are:
At the end the winner was Bhabesh Kalita of Bharatiya Janata Party who secured 58,353 votes and defeated Ghanashyam Kalita of Indian National Congress party who secured 26,286 votes.
|
Name of candidate |
Party name |
Total Vote |
|
Bhabesh Kalita |
BJP |
58,353 |
|
Ghanashyam Kalita |
INC |
26,286 |
|
Mrinal Deka |
Independent |
17,772 |
|
Abdul Samad Choudhury |
AIUDF |
14,411 |
|
Ananta Deka |
CMP |
12,261 |
|
Thaneswar Boro |
IND |
5,358 |
|
Samsul Haque |
IND |
4,472 |
|
Pabitra Baro |
IND |
1,230 |
|
Rajib Kakoti |
IND |
1,066 |
|
Biswajit Brahma |
IND |
616 |
|
Babul Baro |
IND |
570 |
The MLA of Rangia, Bhabesh Kalita has done many works in past five years. Some of his works includes construction and repairing of many roads. And he has also constructed town hall in his constituency.