Chaygaon is a town and Assembly Constituency situated in the district, Kamrup. Assamese is the official language of the town. The distance between Guwahati and Chaygaon is about 36.8 km. The town is best known for "Maa Chandika Devalaya", a Shakti Peeth, where during Durga Puja, thousands of devotees.
Chaygaon Assembly Constituency is one of the 126 constituencies. it bears number 49 out of 126 and it falls under Gauhati Lok Sabha Constituency.
PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY
The Parliamentary Constituencies of India is 542 from which, the general category has 441 seats and the seats for SC and ST is 84 and 47 respectively. Chaygaon Assembly Constituency falls under Gauhati Lok Sabha Constituency. Queen Oja of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Lok Sabha Election 2019 by securing 1008936 votes and Bobbeeta Sarma of the Indian National Congress became the runner up with 663330 votes. [Also Check - List of Chaygaon Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Polling Booths]
Chaygaon is a town in the Kamrup district. it is an administrative district. The district covers an area of 4345 square km. Its Headquarter is at Amingaon and as per the 2011 census report, Kamrup district has a total of 1517541 population.
NUMBER OF TOWNS
There is only one town in Chaygaon Assembly Constituency, that is Chaygaon town.
There are about 147 villages in Chaygaon. A few of them are as follows:
● Akchalia FV
● Alukhunda FV
● Andheri
● Andheri FV
● Baduli Para FV
● Baghmara
● Bahjani
● Bairandang FV
● Bak Bahar FV
● Bakali Para
● Bakali Para FV
● Bakara Para
● Bamuni Gaon.
The Assembly Constituency of the Chaygaon Constituency had 160183 electors. Amongst them, the overall valid votes were 145099. In the election, INC candidate named Rekibuddin Ahmed won the MLA seat by securing 72211 votes and became MLA, whereas Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita of the AGP became runner up with 64390 votes. Therefore, Rekibuddin Ahmed won the MLA seat by 7821 votes.
Chaygaon has a total of 121628 population as per 2011 census report. From the total population, males are 61741 and females are 59887. The literate people in Chaygaon are 83961 from which 46061 are male and 37900 are female.
|
Total population |
Male |
Female |
|
121628 |
61741 |
59887 |
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
The number of households in Chaygaon in 25411.
RELIGIOUS GROUP/DEMOGRAPHY IN THE CONSTITUENCY
People of different religion lives together in Chaygaon. The religions are such as: Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain.
|
Religion |
Total |
Male |
Female |
|
Hindu |
94312 |
47921 |
46391 |
|
Muslim |
16696 |
8507 |
8189 |
|
Christian |
10053 |
5071 |
4982 |
|
Sikh |
15 |
7 |
8 |
|
Buddhist |
17 |
13 |
4 |
|
Jain |
4 |
1 |
3 |
|
Religion not stated |
528 |
218 |
310 |
CASTE AND TRIBES IN THE CONSTITUENCY
Schedule Caste living in Chaygaon Constituency is 5663 from which 2880 are male and female are 2783 and Schedule Tribes are 46626 from which 23615 are male and 22811 are female.
|
Schedule Caste |
Schedule Tribes |
|
5663 |
46426 |
MALE/FEMALE ELECTORAL DISTRIBUTION
Chaygaon Constituency has about 145099 registered voters. It comprises 74687 male voters and 70412 female voters.
SEX RATIO
Chaigaon has a sex ratio of 970 females per thousand males.
AGE GROUP DISTRIBUTION
In Chaygaon Assembly Constituency, about 14921 population is under six years of age. The number of boys is 7482 and 7439 are girls.
● The Assembly of Chaygaon Constituency witnessed a polling percentage of 58.02% during Lok Sabha Elections of 2019
● During the 2016 Assembly Election, it witnessed about 49.66%
● It saw a polling percentage of 38.89 % during 2014 Lok Sabha Election.
|
Year |
Name of the candidate |
Name of the party |
Votes |
|
1996 |
Kamala Kanta Kalita |
AGP |
39103 |
|
Imran Shah |
INC |
34997 |
|
|
2001 |
Rana Goswami |
INC |
50675 |
|
Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita |
AGP |
37482 |
|
|
2006 |
Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita |
AGP |
62113 |
|
Rekibuddin Ahmed |
INC |
43818 |
|
|
2011 |
Rekibuddin Ahmed |
INC |
64307 |
|
Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita |
AGP |
48714 |
|
|
2016 |
Rekibuddin Ahmed |
INC |
72211 |
|
Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita |
AGP |
64390 |
During the Assembly Election of Chaygaon constituency of 2016, Rekibuddin Ahmed of INC became the winner with 49.66%, Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita of AGP became the runner up and secured 44.28%. Derajuddin Ahmed of AIUDF secured 3.43%. The Independent candidate, Beckniur K Marak secured 1.53%. and the votes secured by "None of the Above" is 1.1%.
|
Name of the candidate |
Party name |
Percentage |
|
Rekibuddin Ahmed |
INC |
49.66% |
|
Dr. Kamala Kanta Kalita |
AGP |
44.28% |
|
Derajuddin Ahmed |
AIUDF |
3.43% |
|
Beckniur K Marak |
Independent |
1.53% |
|
None of the Above |
|
1.1% |
The candidates who contested during the Assembly Election of Assam 2016 are:
At last, the winner was Rekibuddin Ahmed of the Indian National Congress Party who secured 72211 votes and the runner up was Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita of Asom Gana Parishad with 64390 votes.
The current MLA of Chaygaon Assembly Constituency, Rekibuddin Ahmed had constructed many roads in his Constituency.