Another attraction of Tinsukia, Doomdooma, is stationed in the Tinsukia district of Assam, India. This beautiful place is popular for its tea gardens. It is a town, a municipality area and Legislative Assembly Constituency. It is a part of the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency. The town is divided into ten wards. Assamese is the official language of the town.
The Legislative Assembly contains 126 Legislative Assembly members, directly elected from single -seat Constituencies and holds office for five years. Doomdooma Assembly Constituency is one of the 126 Assembly Constituencies of Assam and bears the Constituency number 125. It also belongs to the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha Constituency.
India has a total of 542 number of Parliamentary Constituencies. Seats for the general category is 441, and the seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is 84 and 47, respectively. Doomdooma Assembly Constituency falls under the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha Constituency, and no assembly seat for the reserved category is available.
Doomdooma is a town based in the Tinsukia district. Tinsukia district is one district among the 33 Administrative districts in Assam. The headquater of the district is situated in Tinsukia city. The district is an industrial district that produces a sizeable amount of tea, oranges, ginger etc. The oldest oil refinery is situated at Digboi. Tinsukia is about 532 kilometres away from Dispur (the state capital of Assam) by road. Dibrugarh airport is the nearest airport about 40 kilometres away from Tinsukia.
Nearest Airport Dibrugarh: 40 Kilometers from Tinsukia
As per the census report of 2011, the total number of people in the district is 13,27,929. In the district, 47.8% of people spoke Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Odia and Missing.
There are two towns in the Doomdooma circle. They are Doomdooma town and Makum town with 21572 and 16923 people, respectively.
Town
State
Population
Doom Dooma Town Committee
Assam
21, 572
Makum Town Committee
Assam
16,923
There are about 402 villages in Doomdooma. Ahom Gaon, Ahom Pathar, Ajukha Gaon, Ajukha N.C. No.2, Ajukha N.C. no.2, Amguri Gaon, Amguri Gaon No-1+2, ArhaiMuria Gaon, Asomiya Balijan Gaon and Athengia Gaon are some to name a few.
In the Assembly election of 2016, the Doomdooma Constituency had 1,23,696 voters. The total voter turnout was 1,03,387. In the 2016 election, Durga Bhumij, who belonged to the Indian National Congress party, won the seat with 46,938 votes by defeating Dilip Moran, a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate with 46,156 votes. The Doomdooma Assembly Constituency is about to go to poll in April-May 2021 as a part of the 2021 Assam Assembly Election.
Doomdooma is a burg in the Tinsukia district. As per the census report of 2011, the number of people of Doomdooma is 4,16,789, and out of this population, 2,12,255 are males, and 2,04,534 are females. Of the total people, 9.2% live in the urban area, and 90.8% live in rural. The number of literate people in Doomdooma is 2,29,254, of which 1,31,929 are males, and 97,325 are females, and the illiterate people are 1,87,535, 80,326 are male, and 1,07,209 are female. The total number of the working population as per census is 1,73,225, out of which
Doomdooma is a place with a 4,16,789 population. There are 81,443 numbers of households in Doomdooma.
Doomdooma Assembly Constituency has a tap water facility. The people also have access to tube wells and uncovered wells.
The basic civic amenities such as water and drainage systems in Doomdooma is provided by Doomdooma municipal board.
Doomdooma has a diversified form of religion. These are Hindus, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists and Jains. The religion with the highest population is the Hindu religion, with 3,77,148 people, of which 1,92,163 are male, and 1,84,985 are female. The Muslim religion has 10,829 people, of which 5,611 are male and 5,218 are female. The Christians have a population of 26,698, of which 13,417 are male, and 13,281 are female, and the Buddhists have a population of 1014, of which 505 are male, and 509 are female.
The total number of Scheduled Castes (SC) living in Doomdooma according to census 2011 is 8,977, out of which 4,615 are male, and 4,362 are female, and Scheduled Tribes (ST) is 22,238, out of which 11,234 are male, and 11,004 are female.
Caste
Total
Male
Female
Schedule Caste
8,977
4615
4,362
Schedule Tribe
22,238
11,234
11,004
There are only two towns under the Doomdooma constituency. They are Doomdooma town & Makum town.
The number of voters in the Doomdooma Constituency is 10,33,887, of which 52,741 are male voters and 50,646 are female voters.
The sex ratio of Doomdooma is 964 females per 1000 males. With female population of 204,534 204,534 and male population 212,255. The sex ratio is more than the state sex ratio, 904.
The age group distribution in the area as per the census report of 2011 for the children of age between 0 to 6 is 60,602, of which 30,862 are boys, and 29,740 are girls.
The graph given below shows that the winning party for the year 2014, which was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The winner party of 2016 was the Indian National Congress (INC), and the winner of 2019 was again the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The graph given below shows that the winning party for the year 2014, which was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The winner party of 2016 was the Indian National Congress (INC), and the winner of 2019 was again the Bharatiya Janata Party.
In the Assembly election of 1996 and 2001, Dileswar Tanti, who belonged to the Indian National Congress Party (INC), won the election with total votes of 40,505 and 52,846.
In 2006, Durga Bhumij of the Indian National Congress (INC) won the seat with 24,255 votes. Dilip Moran of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was the runner up with 22,259 votes. He lost by 1996 votes.
In 2011, Dilip Moran from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the seat with 31,709 votes by defeating Rupesh Gowala of the Indian National Congress (INC), who got 27053 votes.
In 2016 assembly election, Durga Bhumij belonged to the Indian National Congress Party (INC), won the election with 46,938 votes by defeating Dilip Moran of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Assam Assembly Election Year wise
Party Name
Candidate's name
Won by no of votes or %
1996
INC
Dileswar Tanti
40505
2001
INC
Dileswar Tanti
52846
2006
INC
Durga Bhumij
24255
2011
BJP
Dilip Moran
31709
2016
INC
Durga Bhumij
46938
Durga Bhumij, the winner of the 2016 Assembly Election of the Indian National Congress (IND) Party, got 45.4%, Dilip Moran of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was the runner up with 44.64%, Hrishikesh Baruah the Independent (IND) candidate secured 1.43%, Manoj Kumar Sawashi of the JNCP secured 1.4 %, Sarfaraz, the Independent (IND) candidate secured 0.82%, and Isab Hussain, the Independent (IND) candidate secured 0.62%.
Candidates Name
Party of the candidates
Percentage
Durga Bhumij
INC
45.4%
Dilip Moran
BJP
44.64%
Hrishikesh Baruah
Independent
1.43%
Manoj Kumar Sawashi
JNCP
1.4%
Sarfaraz
Independent
0.82%
Isa b Hussain
Independent
0.62%
Durga Bhumij, of the Indian National Congress (INC), won the 2016 election with 46,938 votes by defeating a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate named Dilip Moran, who lost by 782 votes.
MLA of Doomdooma, Mr Durga Bhumij constructed a Catholic church for the Christian people, constructed Radha Krishna temple, constructed the connecting bridge under Ranjan Gaon Panchayat, Dori tea garden and Dhamkuda village. He also inaugurated the Namghar tea house and the 150 no. Booth chicken road for reconstruction and repairing.
In the coming Assam Assembly Election 2021, different political parties have laid out their manifestos to the public to win the election. The Congress Party leader, Rahul Gandhi has mentioned that they will build an anti-CAA memorial once they win in the upcoming election. He also talked about it, bringing up a memorial to commemorate anti-CAA protesters' martyrdom who sacrificed their lives to save the 'Assamese pride'.
The manifesto also mentioned all types of microfinance loans for the womenfolk to ease their problems. The party has also promised free electricity up to 120 units for the poor and middle-class people.
Bharatiya Janata Party announced that many vehicles with audiovisual presentations would tour Assam, and the people will express what they want. This party, who had already provided 2.5 lakh with each to around 8000 Namgarhs, also promised to increase the benefits of other Namgarhs. This party also provided land pattas to the landless people. The AIUDF party promised to protect the security of the minorities and solve the issues of illegal immigrants.