Chenga is an Assembly Constituency and is situated in the Barpeta district. It is also a part of the Barpeta Lok Sabha Constituency. According to the 2011 census, Chenga has a total of 142845 population.
Chenga Assembly Constituency is one among the 126 Assembly Constituencies and it bears number 47. It falls under Barpeta Lok Sabha Constituency.
Chenga falls under the Barpeta Parliamentary Constituency. Abdul Khaleque of the Indian National Congress party won the Lok Sabha Election of 2019 with 645173 votes and defeated Kumar Deepak Das of the Asom Gana Parishad party who secured 504866 votes.
Chenga is a place in the Barpeta district. Barpeta is an administrative district in Lower Assam. The district headquarter is located in Barpeta. The district covers an area of 3245 km square. As per the census report released in 2011, most of the people in the Barpeta district is Muslim and the most spoken language is Bengali which is 61.74%. of the people speaks Bengali and 36.14% of the people speak Assamese.
There is only one town in Chenga that is:
● Bohari (census town).
There are about 72 villages in Chenga. Some of them are:
● Aduripara NC
● Arimara NC
● Atiya
● Balapara
● Balartari
● Balidhari
● Bampara
● Bandali
● Barbhita
● Bardia
In the Assembly Election 2016, the Chenga Constituency had a total of 122519 voters and from this, the number of valid voters was 109658. In the election, Sukur Ali Ahmed of the Indian National Congress party won the election with 51882 votes and Monowara Khatun of All India United Democratic Front became the runner up with 28525 votes.
According to the 2011 census report, the total population in Chenga is 142845 from which the males are 73239 and the females are 69606. The number of people that lives in rural areas are 134581 from which 68991 are males and 65587 are females with total of 26196 households and the people living in the Urban area is 8264 from which 4245 are males and 4019 are females with 1649 households.
|
TOTAL POPULATION |
RURAL |
URBAN |
|
142845 |
134581 |
8264 |
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
There are about 27845 households in Chenga Assembly Constituency from which, 26196 are the households in rural area and the urban area has 1649 households.
|
TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS |
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS |
URBAN HOUSEHOLDS |
|
27845 |
26196 |
1649 |
The basic civic amenities such as water and sewerage are provided.
The religious groups residing in Chenga are Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain. Among all the religion, Muslim religion has the highest number of people.
|
RELIGION |
TOTAL POPULATION |
MALE |
FEMALE |
|
Muslim |
120199 |
61716 |
58483 |
|
Hindu |
22507 |
11445 |
11062 |
|
Christian |
53 |
30 |
23 |
|
Jain |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
Sikh |
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
Buddhist |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
Religion not stated |
74 |
39 |
35 |
CASTE AND TRIBES IN THE CONSTITUENCY
In Chenga, the number of Scheduled Caste is 8743 from which 4520 are males and 4223 are females and the Schedule Tribe is 509 from which 238 are males and 271 are females.
|
Schedule Caste |
8743 |
|
Schedule Tribe |
509 |
MALE/FEMALE ELECTORAL DISTRIBUTION
The total number of electors recorded in 2016 Assam Election was 122519 out of which the voter turnout was 109658 and from this, the male voters was 58089 and the female voters was 51569.
|
Total voter turnout |
Male |
Female |
|
109658 |
58085 |
51569 |
SEX RATIO
In Chenga, the sex ratio is 950 females per 1000 male.
As per the census 2011, Chenga has a population of 142845 and the number of children between the age 0 to 6 is 27575 from which 14073 are boys and 13502 are girls.
Chenga Assembly Constitution witnessed a polling percentage of 57.89% during the Lok Sabha Election of 2019. In Legislative Assembly Election, 2016 the polling percentage was 47.25% and in 2014 Lok Sabha Election the polling percent was 40.45%.
The result of last five election in Chenga Constituency is:
|
Year |
Name of the candidate |
Name of the party |
Total votes |
|
1996 |
Sukur Ali Ahmed |
Indian National Congress |
17366 |
|
Abdul Kaddus |
Asom Gana Parishad |
13877 |
|
|
2001 |
Sukur Ali Ahmed |
Indian National Congress |
24686 |
|
Liakat Ali |
Independent |
23719 |
|
|
2006 |
Liakat Ali Khan |
Asom Gana Parishad |
39839 |
|
Sukur Ali Ahmed |
Indian National Congress |
33307 |
|
|
2011 |
Sukur Ali Ahmed |
Indian National Congress |
36886 |
|
Liakat Ali Khan |
Asom Gana Parishad |
24404 |
|
|
2016 |
Sukur Ali Ahmed |
Indian National Congress |
51882 |
|
Monowara Khatun |
All India United Democratic Front |
28525 |
In the 2016 Assembly Election, Sukur Ali Ahmed of the INC party won the election by securing 47.25% of the total votes. Monowara Khatun of AIUDF party became the runner up with 25.98%. Gunajit Adhikary of the BJP secured 23.59%. Shafikul Hoque of All India Trinamool Congress secured 1.99%. The Independent candidate, Surjya Mallique secured 0.58% and 0.61% of the vote went to the option "None of the Above".
|
NAME OF THE CANDIDATE |
NAME OF THE PARTY |
PERCENTAGE |
|
Sukur Ali Ahmed |
Indian National Congress |
47.25% |
|
Monowara Kathun |
All India United Democratic Front |
25.98% |
|
Gunajit Adhikary |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
23.59% |
|
Shafikul Hoque |
All India Trinamool Congress |
1.99% |
|
Surjya Mallique |
Independent |
0.58% |
|
None of the Above |
|
0.61% |
CANDIDATES IN LAST ELECTION AND RESULT (WINNER
AND LOOSER)
The candidates who contested in the Assembly election of 2016 are:
At the end, Sukur Ali Ahmed of the Indian National Congress party emerged as the winner with 51882 votes and Monowara Khatun of All India United Democratic Front became the runner up with 28525 votes.
The MLA of Chenga, Sukur Ali Ahmed constructed Mosque and he also contributed to the construction of a bridge under Chenga Constituency.