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Brahmaputra Valley

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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
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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
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The Brahmaputra Valley has a total area of 71,516 km with containing 27 districts. Brahmaputra Valley with its rainforest-like climate contains some of the most productive soils in the world. The Brahmaputra River flows from
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Out of 27,580,977 people living in the Brahmaputra Valley, a majority of 17,368,618 profess to the
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List of Cities of Brahmaputra Valley by population and other features (2011) -:
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and the North Bank and Eastern Brahmaputra Valley comprising districts of
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faith and around 170,780 people profess to other faiths such as
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faith, a large minority of 8,934,387 people profess to the
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Population Trends in the Brahmaputra Valley, 1881–1931
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Population Trends in the Brahmaputra Valley, 1881–1931
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Brahmaputra valley

Brahmaputra Valley map.png
Assam
India
Coordinates
26°35′54″N 92°27′02″E / 26.5983°N 92.4506°E / 26.5983; 92.4506
Western Brahmaputra Valley
Goalpara
Kamrup
Darrang
Nagaon
Sonitpur
Lakhimpur
Dibrugarh
Sibsagar
Teesta River
North Bengal
Brahmaputra River
Assam
Bangladesh
Ganges River
world's largest delta
Bay of Bengal
Hindus
Assamese language
Assamese
Official
Bengali
Hindi

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