Haflong is a beautiful place in Assam which is situated around 310 km from Guwahati. It is famous for its beautiful Haflong hills, landscapes, valleys, and mountains. It is situated at an altitude of 680 m above sea level and is ideal for a peaceful holiday and is also known as white ant hillock. Haflong is a town and headquarters of Dima Hasao district (formerly North Cachar Hills district) in the state of Assam in India. Haflong has a subtropical highland climate which makes it more suitable to dwell upon.
Haflong (ST) Assembly constituency - Haflong (ST) Vidhan Sabha (16) is located in Dima Hasao district of Assam and comes under the Autonomous District (ST) Lok Sabha constituency. Haflong (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Haflong is also part of Autonomous District Lok Sabha constituency. It is a reserved seat for the Scheduled tribes (ST).
Haflong Assembly constituency is part of Autonomous District parliamentary constituency and located in N. C. Hills district of state of Assam
In Vidhansabha elections 2016, Bir Bhadra Hagjer of BJP party won with 52037 votes. The runner up was Nirmal Langthasa of INC party. The margin of victory was: 8306 votes.
In Vidhansabha elections 2011, Gobinda Ch. Langthasa of INC party won with 38076 votes. The runner up was Kulendra Daulagupu of BJP party. The margin of victory was: 25488 votes.
Haflong comes under the district of Dima Hasao earlier called North Cachar Hills district, is an administrative district in the state of Assam in North-eastern India. As of 2011, it is the least populous district of Assam. Dima Hasao district is one of the two Autonomous hill districts of the state of Assam. The district headquarter Haflong is the only hill station in Assam, a tourist paradise, also named the Switzerland of the north-east.
There are about 153 villages in Haflong block. It is a hilly area and a tourist destination.
Bharatiya Janata Party, CPI(ML)(L), BJP, INC, ASDC are the major political parties in this area. Haflong Tehsil comes under Haflong assembly constituency, current sitting MLA is Bir Bhadra Hagjer contested and won from BJP party. Haflong Tehsil comes under Autonomous District parliament constituency, current sitting MP is HOREN SING BEY.
2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Haflong |
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Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
BJP |
Bir Bhadra Hagjer |
52,037 |
50.77 |
|
INC |
Nirmal Langthasa |
43,731 |
42.66 |
|
Independent |
Mayasing Daulagupu |
2,893 |
2.82 |
|
AIUDF |
Neikhol Haolai Changsan |
2,723 |
2.65 |
|
NOTA |
None of the above |
1,111 |
1.08 |
|
Majority |
8,306 |
8.11 |
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Turnout |
1,02,495 |
81.26 |
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BJP gain from INC |
Swing |
The population of Haflong sub district is 76721 people, among them about 39764 are male and 36957 are female.
Total number of households in Haflong Teshil is 15139.
The table below shows the data of people mostly in Haflong according to religion:
Religion-wise Population - Haflong Circle
Religion |
Total |
Male |
Female |
|
Hindu |
45,105 |
(58.79%) |
23,709 |
21,396 |
Muslim |
2,447 |
(3.19%) |
1,328 |
1,119 |
Christian |
28,594 |
(37.27%) |
14,415 |
14,179 |
Sikh |
88 |
(0.11%) |
49 |
39 |
Buddhist |
132 |
(0.17%) |
78 |
54 |
Jain |
11 |
(0.01%) |
5 |
6 |
Other Religion |
267 |
(0.35%) |
140 |
127 |
No Religion Specified |
77 |
(0.1%) |
40 |
37 |
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 64.2% of total population in Haflong Circle of. The Scheduled castes (SC) and Scheduled tribes (ST) ratio is 2.03 and 70.92, respectively out of total population.
Total |
Male |
Female |
|
Schedule Caste |
1,536 |
802 |
734 |
Schedule Tribe |
49,245 |
24,726 |
24,519 |
These tables shows the margin of both the sexes:-
Scheduled Cast Persons |
1536 |
Scheduled Cast Males |
802 |
Scheduled Cast Females |
734 |
Scheduled Tribe Persons |
24519 |
Scheduled Tribe Males |
24726 |
Scheduled Tribe Females |
24519 |
Haflong City, Silchar City, Lumding City, Hailakandi City are the nearby Cities to Haflong.
As per the voter list of 2019, there are 135153 electorates and 242 polling stations in this constituency. Voter turnout was 77.58% in 2019 Lok Sabha elections where as it was 81.09% in the 2016 assembly election.
In Haflong Town Committee, Female Sex Ratio is of 916 against state average of 958. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Haflong is around 959 compared to Assam state average of 962. Under the age of six years child population of Tijara tahsil is 10063, among them 5133 are boys and 4930 are girls. Also the Sex Ratio of Urban areas in Haflong Circle is 916 while that of Rural areas is 948.
The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Haflong Circle is 10063 which is 13% of the total population. There are 5133 male children and 4930 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Haflong Circle is 960 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 929 ) of Haflong Circle.
Total Male Population |
39764 |
Total Female Population |
36957 |
0-6 Age group Total Population |
10063 |
0-6 Age group Male Population |
5133 |
0-6 Age group Male Population |
4930 |
The AGP, the AIUDF, the BJP and the INC got -%, 2.66%, 50.77% and 42.67% votes respectively in 2016 while -%, -%, 68.56% and 26.82% in 2019 respectively. Horen Sing Bey (BJP) is the present Lok Sabha MP of Autonomous District (ST) and Bir Bhadra Hagjer (BJP) is the present MLA of Haflong (ST) Legislative Assembly.
List of all MLA from Haflong Assembly Constituency Seat (Assam) |
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Year |
Candidate |
Party |
Total Vote |
2016 |
Bir Bhadra Hagjer |
BJP |
52037 |
2011 |
Gobinda Ch Langthasa |
INC |
38076 |
2006 |
Gobinda Ch Langthasa |
INC |
40154 |
2001 |
Gobinda Ch Langthasa |
INC |
33781 |
1996 |
Samarjit Haflongbar |
ASDC |
35074 |
2016 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election |
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S N |
Candidate |
Party |
Total Vote |
1 |
Bir Bhadra Hagjer |
BJP |
52037 |
2 |
Nirmal Langthasa |
INC |
43731 |
3 |
Mayasing Daulagupu |
IND |
2893 |
4 |
Neikhol Haolai Changsan |
AIUDF |
2723 |
5 |
None Of The Above |
NOTA |
1111 |
Total |
102495 |
The 2016 election was won by Bir Bhadra Hagjer with a vote of 52,037 holding a percentage of 50.77% and the runner up was Nirmal Langthasa of INC with a vote of 43,731.
2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Haflong |
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Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
BJP |
Bir Bhadra Hagjer |
52,037 |
50.77 |
|
INC |
Nirmal Langthasa |
43,731 |
42.66 |
Mentioning some of his works highlighting in the past few years:-
Some of the undergoing or upcoming projects for the constituency of Haflong are as follows: