Naharkatia Assembly Constituency is located in Upper Assam in the district of Dibrugarh. It falls under Dibrugarh Lok Sabha Constituency. It is situated around 30 km away from the city of Duliajan. Naharkatia is a town. It is known for its petroleum and gas reserves. The place is connected through railways and roadways.
Naharkatia Assembly Constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly and falls under Dibrugarh Lok Sabha Constituency. It bears the assembly constituency number 120. Naren Sonowal (Botali) of AGP party won the Vidhan Sabha election in 2016, with the maximum number of votes and the runner up was Pranatee Phukan of INC party.
Dibrugarh Parliamentary constituency is the number 13 constituency in Assam. Rameswar Teli of BJP won the Lok Sabha election of 2019 with 657983 votes and the runner up was Paban Singh Ghatowar of INC party. The number of votes with which BJP won the elections of 2019 are 363320 votes.
Dibrugarh occupies an area of 3381 km and with a population of 1,326,335. It is a huge area with a sex ratio of 952 per 1000 male. Dibrugarh is surrounded by Dhemaji on the north and Tinsukia district on the east, Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh on the south-east and Sibsagar on north and south-west.
There are only two towns in the Naharkatia constituency -- Naharkatia & Namrup. There are 183 villages in the Naharkatia Constituency.
In the Vidhan Sabha election of 2016, Naren Sonowal (Botali) of AGP party won with the maximum number of votes and the runner up was Pranatee Phukan of INC party.
Position |
Candidate Name |
Party |
Total Votes |
Percentage share |
1 |
Naren Sonowal |
AGP |
46051 |
46.75% |
2 |
Pranatee Phukan |
42520 |
43.17% |
The total population of the Naharkatia Assembly Constituency is 18937 of which 9790 are males and 9147 are females. There are about 4091 households in the Naharkatia Assembly Constituency.
Total Population |
Males |
Females |
18937 |
9790 |
9147 |
Naharkatia Assembly Constituency has water facilities of Over Hand Tank (OHT) and tap water from a treated source.
The Naharkatia Assembly Constituency is taken care of by the Naharkatia Gram Panchayat.
According to the Census of 2011, Hindus are a majority in Naharkatia. As per the Census India of 2011, it has a population of 18937 people. Hindus constitute 89.64% of the total population.
Town |
Population |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Christian |
Sikh |
Buddhist |
Jain |
Others |
Not stated |
Naharkatiya |
18,937 |
89.64% |
8.11% |
0.99% |
0.72% |
0.31% |
0.17% |
0.00% |
0.06% |
In the Naharkatia Assembly Constituency, the ratio of Scheduled Caste is 4.25%. The ratio of Scheduled Tribe 7.34%.
There are no cities under this constituency.
The total number of electorates in Naharkatia Assembly Constituency is 1,17,682 and out of them the total number which turned out are 96,785 (83.7 %) electorates.
Gender |
Age Range |
Total |
|||||
18-24 |
25-34 |
35-44 |
44-54 |
55-64 |
65+ |
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Male |
4,580 ( 4.3 %) |
14,688 ( 13.7 %) |
13,908 ( 13.0 %) |
10,147 ( 9.5 %) |
4,964 ( 4.6 %) |
3,293 ( 3.1 %) |
51,580 ( 48.0 %) |
Female |
5,196 ( 4.8 %) |
16,460 ( 15.3 %) |
13,698 ( 12.8 %) |
11,079 ( 10.3 %) |
5,771 ( 5.4 %) |
3,590 ( 3.3 %) |
55,794 ( 52.0 %) |
Others |
0 ( 0.0 %) |
0 ( 0.0 %) |
0 ( 0.0 %) |
0 ( 0.0 %) |
0 ( 0.0 %) |
0 ( 0.0 %) |
0 ( 0.0 %) |
TOTAL |
9,776 ( 9.1 %) |
31,148 ( 29.0 %) |
27,606 ( 25.7 %) |
21,226 ( 19.8 %) |
10,735 ( 10.0 %) |
6,883 ( 6.4 %) |
1,07,374 ( 100 %) |
In Naharkatia, the total average sex ratio is 958 per 1000 males only in the rural area. The Female Sex Ratio is 938 and the Child Sex Ratio is 933.
In Naharkatia, 1848 of the population is under the age of six which accounts to approximately around 9.76%.
In the 2019 Dibrugarh Lok Sabha Seat election, Rameswar Teli of the BJP became the MP from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 58093 and Paban Singh Ghatowar stood second gaining 33727 votes.
In the Vidhan Sabha election of 2016, Naren Sonowal (Botali) of AGP became the MLA from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 46051 and Pranatee Phukan of INC stood second gaining 42520 votes.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Rameswar Teli candidate of BJP became the MP from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 48112 defeating Paban Singh Ghatowarof INC stood second gaining 32399 votes.
Following are the previous years assam assembly elections results.
In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, Sarbananda Sonowal of AGP became the MLA from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 36346 defeating Paban Singh Ghatowarof INC stood second gaining 34529 votes.
Here is the list of the political parties along with total votes and percentage share:
Candidate Name |
Party |
Votes and Votes % |
Naren Sonowal (BOTALI) |
AGP |
46,051 47.6% |
Pranatee Phukan |
INC |
42,520 43.9% |
Suresh Ch. Deka |
CPI(M) |
4,026 4.2% |
Mohan Nag |
IND |
2,708 2.8% |
Mahendra Dhadumiya |
IND |
783 0.8% |
In the Vidhansabha election of 2016, Naren Sonowal (Botali) of AGP became the MLA from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 46051 and Pranatee Phukan of INC stood second gaining 42520 votes.