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Tinsukia | |
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City | |
    From top, then left to right:New Tinsukia Junction railway station, Tinkunia pukhri, Night View of GNB Road and Ranghr Complex, Jaymoti Steam Engine at Railway Heritage Museum | |
| Nickname: Commercial Hub of Assam | |
  Tinsukia Location in Assam, India Show map of Assam Tinsukia Tinsukia (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:27°30′00″N95°22′01″E / 27.500°N 95.367°E /27.500; 95.367 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Assam |
| Region | Upper Assam |
| District | Tinsukia |
| No. Of Wards | 20 |
| Established | 1889 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Tinsukia Municipal Board |
| • Chairman | Udhav Agarwal,BJP |
| • District Commissioner | Sri Swapneel Paul,IAS |
| • Superintendent Of Police | Sri Mayank Kumar,IPS |
| Area | |
• Total | 30 km2 (12 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 7th in Assam |
| Elevation | 116 m (381 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 126,389 |
| • Rank | 7th in Assam |
| • Density | 4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Tinsukian |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 7861XX |
| Telephone code | 91-374 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-AS |
| Vehicle registration | AS-23 |
| Sex Ratio | 910♀️/ 1000♂️ |
| Climate | Cwa |
| Official Language | Assamese |
| Literacy Rate |  89.03%high |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Dibrugarh |
| Vidhan Sabha Constituency | Tinsukia, Digboi, Doom Dooma, Sadiya, Margherita, Makum |
| Website | tinsukia |
Tinsukia (Pron: ˌtɪnˈsʊkiə) is an industrial city. It is situated 480 kilometres (298 mi) north-east ofGuwahati and 84 kilometres (52 mi) away from the border withArunachal Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters ofTinsukia District ofAssam, India.
Tinsukia serves as the headquarters of theMoran Autonomous Council, which is the governing council of theMorans (an indigenous tribal group found predominantly in the Tinsukia district and neighbouring Arunachal pradesh).
During the reign ofSudangphaa (1397-1407), the relatively smallAhom kingdom was attacked byMong Kawng, aShan state in what is todayUpper Burma. A Mong Kwang army sent under General Ta-chin-Pao advanced up to Tipam but was subsequently defeated and pushed back as far as theKham Jang territory.[3] The generals of the two armies conducted a peace treaty on the shore of theNong Jake lake and in accordance with the Tai custom dipped their hands in the lake, fixing the boundary of the two kingdoms atPatkai hills.[3]
Tinsukia is the site ofBengmara, which was originally known asChangmai Pathar. It was the capital of theMatak kingdom which was founded by SwargadeoSarbananda Singha.[4]
Swargadeo Sarbananda Singha, known as Mezara, was a member of the erstwhileChutia royal family and rose to become an able administrator.[5] Mezara adopted the name Sarbananda Singha after he became the king.Swargadeo Sarbananda Singha introduced coins in his name and in Saka 1716 and 1717, he inscribed the title Swargadeo in the coins.
Tinsukia is located at27°30′N95°22′E / 27.5°N 95.37°E /27.5; 95.37.[6] It has an average elevation of 116 metres (380 feet).
| Religion | Percent | |||
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| Hinduism | 88.65% | |||
| Islam | 9.61% | |||
| Sikhism | 0.48% | |||
| Jainism | 0.44% | |||
| Christianity | 0.41% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.41% | |||
According to the 2011 census, Tinsukia had a population of 116,322.[9] It is estimated that the city has a population of 178,000 people in 2024.[10] Males constituted 55% of the population and females 45%. Tinsukia had an average literacy rate of 70.15%, higher than the national average of 64.84%; male literacy was 77.89%, and female literacy 63.54%. 13.29% of the population was under 6 years of age.[11]
According to the 2011 census, 34.46% of the population spokeHindi, 33.05%Bengali, 21.29%Assamese, 4.37%Bhojpuri, 1.89%Nepali and 0.96%Rajasthani as their first language.[8]
Tinsukia is part ofDibrugarh (Lok Sabha constituency).[12]Sanjoy Kishan of BJP is the current MLA ofTinsukia (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
The Assamese dailyDainik Janambhumi is published from Tinsukia along withGuwahati andJorhat.
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