Karimganj, officially Sribhumi, is a town in the Karimganj district of the Indian state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district. Karimganj town is located at 24.87°N, 92.35°W. The area of Karimganj Town is 16.09 km2. It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet). Bengali and Meitei (Manipuri) are the official languages of the town. On 21 November 2024, the Assam government renamed Karimganj town as Sribhumi town.

Demographics

Population

As per as the official census of 2011, Karimganj Town had a population of 56,854 of which 28,473 are males while 28,381 are females. Children in the age group of 0 to 6 years were 4,946. Karimganj had a literacy rate of 86.35%, out of which male literacy was 87.91% and female literacy was 84.78%. The sex ratio is 996. There were 12,234 households as of 2011.

Religion

Most of the people in the town follow Hinduism, with significant followers of Islam and a small Christian and Jain population.

Politics

Karimganj is a part of Karimganj North Assembly constituency and Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency). Bharatiya Janata Party's Kripanath Mallah is the current Member of Parliament from Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency. While Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha is the MLA from Karimganj North Assembly constituency.

Educational institutes

Various educational institutions and Higher secondary are well established and run by the government in Karimganj. Among them most notable are: Degree colleges: Playground: All college's in Karimganj are affiliated to Assam University.

Notable people