Cachar is a district in Assam State of India. It has a total of 5 Blocks in this district. The district has an total area of 3,786 sq km. There are 19 towns and 1,040 villages in this district.
As per census Cachar has a population of 1,736,617 in 2011 out of which 886,284 are male and 850,333 are female. Population of Cachar in 2020/2021 is 1,906,364(estimates as per aadhar uidai.gov.in feb 2019 data). Literate people are 1,174,128 out of 639,946 are male and 534,182 are female. People living in Cachar depend on multiple skills, total workers are 608,062 out of which men are 469,752 and women are 138,310. Total 104,295 Cultivators are depended on agriculture farming out of 95,599 are cultivated by men and 8,696 are women. 37,204 people works in agricultural land as labor, men are 31,159 and 6,045 are women. Cachar sex ratio is 959 females per 1000 of males. Next Cachar Census will be in 2021.
The district has an total area of 3,786 sq km., 64.59 sq km is urban and 3721.41 sq km is rural. Out of total population of 1,927,645 in the district, 315,464 are in urban area and 1,421,153 are in rural area. 69,205 households are in urban, 310,750 are in rural area. 250,392 literate people are in urban, 923,736 are in rural area.
Geography of Cachar
Languages spoken are Sylheti,Bengali, Bhogpuri, Hindi
| Blocks | Population 2011 | Male | Female | Households |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katigorah | 102,504 | 52,885 | 49,619 | 22,298 |
| Salchapra | 75,496 | 38,786 | 36,710 | 16,932 |
| Borkhola | 126,583 | 65,491 | 61,092 | 28,819 |
| Kalain | 153,202 | 78,779 | 74,423 | 32,665 |
| Silchar | 136,961 | 69,680 | 67,281 | 29,023 |
| Udarbond | 140,331 | 72,077 | 68,254 | 30,442 |
| Tapang | 59,598 | 30,648 | 28,950 | 13,285 |
| Sonai | 139,434 | 70,971 | 68,463 | 30,173 |
| Barjalenga | 93,516 | 48,121 | 45,395 | 20,896 |
| Narsingpur | 164,286 | 83,159 | 81,127 | 36,184 |
| Palonghat | 84,917 | 43,333 | 41,584 | 19,767 |
| Baskandi | 59,585 | 30,097 | 29,488 | 12,778 |
| Binnakandi | 71,961 | 36,351 | 35,610 | 15,888 |
| Rajabazar | 96,589 | 49,327 | 47,262 | 20,295 |
| Lakhipur | 48,547 | 24,527 | 24,020 | 9,852 |