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Economy of Golaghat district is mainly agro based.
Tea , Rice and Sugarcane are the main agricultural crops grown in the district. Except
Numaligarh Refinery, there is no other heavy industries in the district as such.
Tea is the largest agro based industry of the
district. There are 63 large Tea gardens producing about 20000MT of tea per year.
Moreover, emergence of small tea growers in the agrarian scene has heralded a new
revolution in the district. Small scale tea cultivation has got considerable popularity
here because of high profit in comparison with other high land crops . It has caught the
fancy of educated unemployed youths to take the tea as there profession by choice rather
than by circumstance.
| Statistical Data on Economy of
Golaghat District : |
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|
Distribution
of Workers : |
|
Main
Workers |
Cultivators |
Agri.
Labour |
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
|
Rural |
191333 |
85379 |
111895 |
48767 |
16532 |
7728 |
|
Urban |
15071 |
1465 |
522 |
121 |
74 |
23 |
|
Total |
206404 |
86844 |
112417 |
48888 |
16606 |
7751 |
|
Other Worker |
Marginal
Worker |
Non Worker |
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Rural |
62906 |
28884 |
7464 |
38335 |
204914 |
251833 |
Urban |
14475 |
1321 |
120 |
150 |
12444 |
19588 |
Total |
77381 |
30205 |
7584 |
38485 |
217358 |
271421 |
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Area
under high yielding variety of paddy (in hactare) : |
|
Autumn |
Winter |
Summer |
Total |
|
|
|
Paddy |
Paddy |
Paddy |
|
|
|
|
4102 |
48750 |
276 |
53128 |
|
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|
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Registered Beel & Fisheries : |
|
Beel Fishery |
River Fishery |
Total |
|
|
|
15 |
1 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Live Stock & Poultry Population : |
Cross Breed |
Indegineous |
Buffaloes |
Goats |
Pigs |
Fowls |
Ducks |
19579 |
339017 |
72929 |
120030 |
56747 |
449649 |
125079 |
|
Meat
Production (average ) |
444
Tonnes |
|
|
|
|
Egg
Production (average) |
5390601 Nos |
|
|
|
|
Milk
Production (average) |
504214 Litres |
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|
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|
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Sericulture Yield : |
|
Eri |
Muga |
Mulberry |
|
|
No.
of Family engaged |
7185 |
495 |
665 |
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Area
Under Silk worm plants in Hact. |
84 |
210 |
76 |
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Yield
Cocoons (in Kg.) |
15000 |
224 lakh (in no.) |
10000 |
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|
Silk
Production (in Kg.) (Raw Silk) |
10.000 |
4.000 |
1.000
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Industries
: |
|
Food
Product Industries |
100 |
|
|
|
|
Cotton
Textile |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Wood
Furniture & Fixation Industries |
37 |
|
|
|
|
Manufacture
of Leather Industries |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Non
metallic mineral product |
13 |
|
|
|
|
Basic
metal & alloy Industries |
1 |
|
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|
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Total
nos. of Small Scale Industries |
299 |
|
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|
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|
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No. of Motor Vehicles :
7106 |
|
Medium & Heavy |
Private Carrier |
Commercial Vehicle |
Omni Bus |
Mini Bus |
Auto Rickshaw |
Two Wheeler |
841 |
145 |
186 |
5 |
76 |
27 |
6254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Car |
Jeep |
Tractor |
Trailor |
Govt. Veh. |
Other |
|
275 |
16 |
121 |
210 |
56 |
12 |
|
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Road Length (in Km.) : |
|
Surfaced |
Unsurfaced |
Total
|
N. H. |
State
Highway |
Other |
Total |
373 |
1113 |
1486 |
126 |
116 |
1244 |
1486 |
Source : Statistical Hand Book, Assam, 1999
Rearing and reeling of Muga and Endi,
making of Japi (headgear) and earthen Potential and extraction of Agaru oil are the
cottage industries prevail in Golaghat district. Quality Muga silk and
Agaru oil in Golaghat district are considered as superior. Long neck
earthen potential made in Dhekial, specially for storing molasses is unique as such long
neck earthen pots are not prepared anywhere in the world. 'Japi' of
Naharani of Dergaon finds a market in entire Brahmaputra valley.
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