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Total Area |
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2,62,179 sq. kms ( 7.9 % of total land area of India) |
Total Population |
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39, 035, 582 (2001 census) (4 % of total population of India) |
Density (per sq km) |
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148 (National Figure: 324) |
Geographical Location |
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Situated between longitude 89.46’E to 97.30’E latitude 21.57’ N to 29.30’ N. |
States in Northeast |
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(8) Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim |
Major Cities & Towns |
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Guwahati, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Gangtok, Shillong, Imphal, Agartala, Kohima, Dimapur, Aizawl, Itanagar |
Northeast has open borders with |
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China in the North, Myanmar in the East, Bangladesh in the South West and Bhutan to the North West |
| Sex Ratio |
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936 females to 1000 males ( National figure: 933 females to 1000 males) |
| Literacy rate (2006-2007) |
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69% (National Figure: 67.6%) |
| Per capita GSDP (2004-05) |
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Rs. 18,032 (National figure: Rs. 25,944) |
| Growth in per capita GSDP (1990-91 to 2004-05) |
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4.4 % |
(Growth at national level, 1990-01 to 2004-05: 6 %) |
| Growth in per capita income (1990-91 to 2004-05) |
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2.5 % |
(Growth at national level, 1990-01 to 2004-05: 4 %) |
| No. of Districts |
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86 |
| No. of Towns (as per 2001 Census) |
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245 |
| No. of Villages (as per 2001 Census) |
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42134 |
| Birth Rate (2006) |
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19.5 (National Figure: 23.1) |
| Death Rate (2006) |
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6 (National Figure: 7.4) |
| Infant Mortality Rate (2007) |
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48 (National Figure: 55) |
| Railway Density per 1000 sq. km |
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10.9 (National Figure: 21.3) |
| Road Density per1000 sq, km |
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395 (National Figure: 839) |
| Major plantation |
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Tea |
| Major crop |
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Rice |
| Major minerals |
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Coal, Petroleum & Natural Gas |
| Major religions |
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Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism |
| Languages spoken |
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English, Hindi, Assamese, Khasi, Nagames, Jaintia, Garo, Mizo, Bengali, Nepali, Bhutia (Sikkimese),Lepcha, Manipuri, Bhutia (Tibetan), Lepcha, Limboo, Local dialects |
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