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About us
Introduction
Morigaon is one of the developing town and district headquarters of Morigaon district in the state of Assam in India. InitiallyMorigaon Town Committee was established in the year 1973 comprising 4 nos. Of wards. In the year of2008, Morigaon Town Committee was upgraded to Morigaon MunicipalBoard comprising 8nos.of wards covering population 20801. At present Morigaon Municipal Board have total 11 nos. of wards vide Govt. notification no. UDD (M) 73/97/73 Dated: 14/02/2014 with a population of 36697 (approx.).
Geography
Morigaon Municipal Board is located at 26°15'01.4"N 92°20'25.5"E. Morigaon M.B. is a single ULB in Morigaon district of Assam with 4 Sq.km. geographical area. This ULB is bounded by Morikolong Beel in South-West and headquarters of the Tiwa Autonomous Council (TAC), Tiwa Shong Assam that was constituted by the Government of Assam on 14th April, 1995.
Demographics
As of 2011 India census, the Morigaon Municipal Board has a population of 29164 of which 14846 are Males while 14318 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
The population of Children between the ages of 0-6 is 3247 which is 11.14% of the total population of Morigaon town. In Morigaondistrict, the Urban Sex Ratio is 971. The literacy rate of Morigaon city is 89.42% higher than the state average of 72.19%.
Morigaon Municipal Board has total administration of over 158 houses out of total 8235 households to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within municipal board limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Most of the residents are members of Scheduled Tribe(P), Schedule Cast (SC) then other communities.
