Boko is a town and Assembly Constituency located in Kamrup district. The official language of the town is Assamese. There are multiple schools and colleges in the town.
ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY NAME AND NUMBER
Boko Assembly Constituency is one out of 126 Assembly Constituencies and it bears number 48. It is a part of the Gauhati Lok Sabha Constituency.
Boko falls under Gauhati Parliamentary Constituency. Queen Oja of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Lok Sabha Election 2019 by securing 1008936 total votes and Bobbeeta Sarma of the Indian National Congress party became the runner up by securing 663330 votes.
The district Kamrup is an administrative district. It covers an area of 4345 square km. Amingaon is the district headquarter of Kamrup. As per the report of the 2011 census, the district has a total of 1517542 population.
There is only one town under Boko Assembly Constituency that is:
● Boko town.
There are about 140 villages in Boko. The name of few villages are given below
● Dhopguri
● Bargaon
● Bonda Para
● Dakuapara
● Barpara
● Mouman
● Alagjari
● Pairanga
● No.2 Sakhati
● Gohal Kona
● Gameri Mura
● Raipara
● Narenga
ASSEMBLY STATUS
In Assembly Election 2016, the Boko Constituency had a total of 197963 voters and among them the valid voter was 176341. In the election, Nandita Das of the INC party won the election by securing 69986 votes and defeated Jyoti Prasad Das of Asom Gana Parishad, who got 52392 votes.
TOTAL POPULATION
According to the census of 2011, the total population in Boko is 111880 from which the number of males is 56415 and the number of females is 55465. The literate people living in Boko is 74305 from which, 39970 are males and 34335 are females. And the illiterate people is residing in Boko is 37575 from which, 16445 are males and 21130 are females.
|
Total population |
Male |
Female |
|
111880 |
56415 |
55465 |
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
There are about 23509 households in Boko.
People of different religion lives together in Boko. The religions are such as: Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain. Most of the people in Boko are of Hindu religion.
|
Religion |
Total |
Male |
Female |
|
Hindu |
86808 |
43600 |
43208 |
|
Muslim |
7906 |
4045 |
3861 |
|
Christian |
16970 |
8672 |
8298 |
|
Sikh |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
Buddhist |
99 |
54 |
45 |
|
Jain |
12 |
4 |
8 |
|
Religion not specified |
66 |
31 |
35 |
CASTE AND TRIBES IN THE CONSTITUENCY
Schedule Caste residing in Boko is 2702 which makes up 2.4% of the overall people and from this, the males are 1365 and females are 1337. The Schedule Tribes living in Boko is 70688, which is 63.2% and from this, males are 35683 and females are 35005.
|
Total population |
Schedule Caste |
Schedule Tribe |
|
111880 |
2702 |
70688 |
The total number of voters recorded in the 2016 Boko election was 197963 from which the voter turn out was 176341 and out of this the number of male voters was 90167 and the number of female voters was 86174.
Boko has a sex ratio of 983 females per thousand males.
According to the census report of 2011, Boko has a total of 111880 population and from this, the children between age 0-6 is 14325 from which the girls are 6962 and the boys are 7363.
Boko Assembly Constitution witnessed a polling percentage of 57.7 % during the Lok Sabha Election of 2019. In the Legislative Assembly Election, 2016 the polling percentage was 39.66% and in Lok Sabha Election of 2014, the polling percent was 36.41%.
The result of the last five elections in Boko Constituency are:
|
Year |
Name of the candidate |
Name of the party |
Number of votes |
|
1996 |
Jyoti Prasad Das |
AGP |
49263 |
|
Jitendra Thakuria |
IND |
220 |
|
|
2001 |
Gopi Nath Das |
INC |
56177 |
|
Jyoti Prasad Das |
AGP |
32798 |
|
|
2006 |
Jyoti Prasad Das |
AGP |
61578 |
|
Gopi Nath Das |
INC |
52437 |
|
|
2011 |
Gopi Nath Das |
AIUDF |
54388 |
|
Jayanta Das |
INC |
43697 |
|
|
2016 |
Nandita das |
INC |
69986 |
|
Jyoti Prasad Das |
AGP |
52392 |
PERCENTAGE VOTE SHARE OF POLITICAL PARTY IN LAST ELECTION
In 2016 Assam Assembly Election, Nandita Das of the INC party became the winner by securing 39.66% of the total votes. Jyoti Prasad Das of the AGP became the runner up by securing 29.69%. Gopi Nath Das of AIUDF secured 23.99% and the independent candidates, Dr. Ghanashyam Das and Anirban Das secured 3.28% and 1.69% respectively.
|
NAME OF THE CANDIDATE |
NAME OF THE PARTY |
PERCENTAGE |
|
Nandita Das |
Indian National Congress |
39.66% |
|
Jyoti Prasad Das |
Asom Gana Parishad |
29.69% |
|
Gopi Nath Das |
All India United Democratic Front |
23.99% |
|
Dr. Ghanashyam Das |
Independent |
3.28% |
|
Anirban Das |
Independent |
1.69% |
The candidates that participated in 2016 Assembly Election are:
● Nandita Das of the Indian National Congress party
● Jyoti Prasad Das of the Asom Gana Parishad
● Gopi Nath Das of All India United Democratic Front party
● The Independent candidate, Dr. Ghanashyam Das
● The independent candidate Anirban Das
At the end, Nandita Das of the Indian National Congress Party won the election by securing 69986 votes and defeated Jyoti Prasad Das of the Asom Gana Parishad who secured 52392 votes.
The MLA of Boko, Nandita Das has distributed ambulance at Sonali Primary Health Center and also constructed many roads in her constituency.