About Goalpara

Goalpara(Assamese: গোৱালপাৰা) is the district headquarter of Goalpara district,Assam. It is situated 150 kilometres (93 mi) west of Gauhati..Goalpara is located by the bank of famous river "Brahmaputra" between latitude 26.17°N and longitude  90.62°E / 26.17; 90.62 .It has an average elevation of 35 metres (114 feet).As of 2001^[update] India census Goalpara had a population of 48,911. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Goalpara has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 64%.
Political Situations:
Goalpara consists of four assembly constituencies: Goalpara East and Goalpara West,Jaleshwar and Dudhnoi.The first three of which are part of Dhubri (Lok Sabha constituency).The present Deputy Commissioner of  Goalpara district is Dr.Patibandla Ashok Babu,IAS joined on 08/02/2011 and the present District session Judge is Mr.Mazed Ali . Following are the present MLA's of Goalpara are-

• Goalpara East:Advocate Monowar Hussain.(AIUDF)
• Goalpara West:Shiekh Shah Alam.(AIUDF)
• Dudhnoi  :Sib Charan Basumatary.(INC)
• Jaleswar  :Moin Uddin Ahmed.(AIUDF) 
 

The exotic district of Goalpara became a distinct district of Assam in 1983.The original Goalpara district was first created in 1822 A.D. by David Scott- an employee of East India Company, who was the first Commissioner of newly created North East Rangpur district Hd. Qr. at Rangpur town(now in Bangla Desh) and newly created Goalpara district was also tagged with North-East Rangpur district for administration. The erstwhile Bijni Kingdom's area which included the undivided Garo Hills district area also constituted the original Goalpara district area in 1822. In 1866 Garo Hills  was separated from Goalpara district area and in the same year a new district named "Greater Koch Behar" was created and the residual portion of Goalpara district was withdrawn from Rangpur and tagged with Koch Behar. In 1874 a new province named Assam Valley Province was created by British Govt.(Successor of East India Company) and Goalpara district area was withdrawn from Koch Behar and tagged with Assam Province which continues till today unless petty political gambling disturbs. Now the original Goalpara district has given birth to four districts namely (i) Goalpara (ii) Dhubri (iii) Kokrajhar and (iv) Bongaigaon.Spread over a total area of 1911 sq. km, the district of Goalpara encompasses a population of 8,22,306 (as per the census data of 2001). Blessed with a moderate climate, the district of Goalpara is visited by several tourists through out the year who are overwhelmed at the bewitching charm of the region.

Agriculture forms the backbone of the economy of the district. Most of the local people of Goalpara are agriculturists who grow varieties of crops like paddy, different kinds of gram, fine quality jute, banana, and potato. The district of Goalpara does not supports very good infrastructural facilities. Industrialization is at a nascent stage in the district of Goalpara. However the government of Assam has taken several major steps to improve the communication system and boost industrial development of the state.

Climate:

  The climate in the district is moderate during the winter and in summer it is hot. Rain makes its first appearance in the month of April with occasional and irregular light showers and at times, heavy down pour followed by cyclonic storm. This irregular rainfall continues upto the end of May This rain occurs due to the influence of Northeaster wind. Monsoon rain normally begins from the early part of the month of June and heavy or very heavy rain occurs in the district till the month of September. The maximum temperature is 33 degree Celsius during July and August, a minimum temperature falls up to 7 degree Celsius in the month of January. During 2002 rainfall of the district is 2424.01 mm. About 80% of rainfall is from South West monsoon.

Language :

    Assamese is regarded as the official Language of Goalpara Implemented through the Official Language Act of 1960, Assamese is today spoken by almost all the inhabitants of the state. The other languages which are commonly used by the people of Assam include Bengali, English and Oriya.The lingual base of Assamese dates back to the times of Magadh, Aryan and indo-Chinese dynasties. With a rich and interesting stock of vocabulary, Assamese language resembles many of the syntaxes of Indo-Aryan and Magadh-Prakrit syllables. The archeological experiments in various unexplored corners of Assam have aptly assisted the fact that language of Assam was present in the pre-historic era of the state.