Brahmaputra Valley

<h2 id="demography">Demography</h2>
<p>The people native to the Brahmaputra Valley are <a href="/facts/Hindus/8pBQgghs">Hindus</a>, mostly speaking the <a href="/facts/Assamese_language/rS7BqK0P">Assamese language</a>. The valley is more populous and prosperous than the rest of the region because of its accessibility to the rest of the country. The Brahmaputra Valley has a population of 27,580,977 as per the 2011 census.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h3>Languages</h3>

<p>The population of the Brahmaputra Valley is 27,580,977 according to the 2011 census report by the Assam government. Assamese is the official language of the Brahmaputra Valley and is spoken by 15.1 million people comprising 55.65% of the valley population. Bengali is spoken by 6.09 million people representing 22.1% of the valley, Hindi is spoken by 2.1 million comprising 7.61% of the region, Bodo is spoken by 1.41 million comprising 5.13% of the valley's population and 2.88 million people speak various indigenous tribal languages of Assam, such as <a href="/facts/Santal_people/vF37gI18">Santali</a>, <a href="/facts/Karbi_people/B5cnqs7A">Karbi</a>, <a href="/facts/Tiwa_(Lalung)/JWfgLGXs">Lalung</a>, <a href="/facts/Hmar_people/RWPWEvdB">Hmar</a>, <a href="/facts/Deori_people/hcJeECRR">Deori</a>, <a href="/facts/Rabha_people/4kwdHghR">Rabha</a>, <a href="/facts/Mising_people/nmJoJH1k">Mishing</a>, <a href="/facts/Koch_people/3Lz6fhLf">Koch</a>, <a href="/facts/Rajbongshi_people/hr4TJ0WH">Rajbangshi</a>, Sadri, <a href="/facts/Garo_people/5lPpJaN0">Garo</a>, <a href="/facts/Dimasa_people/PEBKLGU5">Dimasa</a>, Gondi, Savara, <a href="/facts/Indian_Gorkha/WtXUduIx">Gorkha</a>, Halam, Ao and Motak.
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<h3>Religion</h3>

<p>Out of 27,580,977 people living in the Brahmaputra Valley, a majority of 17,368,618 profess to the <a href="/facts/Hindu/D7TFhcg1">Hindu</a> faith, a large minority of 8,934,387 people profess to the <a href="/facts/Islamic/zDLbL45C">Islamic</a> faith, 1,107,192 people profess to the <a href="/facts/Christians/15hE11VR">Christian</a> faith and around 170,780 people profess to other faiths such as <a href="/facts/Buddhism/G0wsjrSl">Buddhism</a>, <a href="/facts/Jainism/h0glxhjH">Jainism</a>, <a href="/facts/Sikhism/obh7aQIr">Sikhism</a> and <a href="/facts/Animism/jsPnJBuD">Animism</a>.
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<h2 id="major-cities">Major cities</h2>
<p>The major cities in the valley are <a href="/facts/Guwahati/51s79PtN">Guwahati</a>, the largest city of <a href="/facts/Northeast_India/JtFJkH2A">Northeast India</a> and <a href="/facts/Dibrugarh/fJEyrWh6">Dibrugarh</a>, the largest city in <a href="/facts/Upper_Assam/eKY09Etr">Upper Assam</a>.
</p><p>List of Cities of Brahmaputra Valley by population and other features (2011) -:
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<ol><li><a href="/facts/Guwahati/51s79PtN">Guwahati</a> (metro) – 968,549 (1st rank),</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Dibrugarh/fJEyrWh6">Dibrugarh</a> – 154,296 (2nd rank),</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Jorhat/wqbKNfKL">Jorhat</a> – 153,889 (3rd rank),</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nagaon/TF6mVbVl">Nagaon</a> – 155,889 (4th rank),</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tinsukia/YkdhMYb7">Tinsukia</a> – 126,389 (6th rank)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tezpur/tSf3NaHb">Tezpur</a> – 102,505 (7th rank),</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Rangiya/ruvhyDQh">Rangia</a> – 40,000 (largest transport city – 1st rank).</li></ol>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Barak_Valley/bNwY6gfc">Barak Valley</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
   
<ul><li>Das, Bhuban Mohan (1997). <i>The Brahmaputra Valley Population</i>. p. 156.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Home | Assam State Portal". Assam.gov.in. Retrieved 23 September 2022. <a href="https://assam.gov.in/" target="_blank">https://assam.gov.in/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Goswami, Homeswar (1985). Population Trends in the Brahmaputra Valley, 1881–1931. Mittal Publications. p. 206. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Goswami, Homeswar (1985). Population Trends in the Brahmaputra Valley, 1881–1931. Mittal Publications. p. 10. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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