Lala Municipal Board

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Introduction

Lala is a Town Committee in district of Hailakandi, Assam. The Lala Town is divided into 10 wards for which elections are held every 5 years for ward commissioner. The Lala Town Committee has population of 11,771 of which 5,827 are males while 5,944 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1183 which is 10.05 % of total population of Lala (TC). In Lala Town Committee, Female Sex Ratio is of 1020 against state average of 958. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Lala is around 943 compared to Assam state average of 962. Literacy rate of Lala city is 94.30 % higher than state average of 72.19 %. In Lala, Male literacy is around 96.38 % while female literacy rate is 92.27 %. Lala Town Committee has total administration over 2,526 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage & street light. It is also authorized to build roads within Lala Town Committee limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction. Total geographical area of Lala town committee is 4 km2. Population density of the city is 2803 persons per km2. There are 10 wards in the city, among them Lala Ward No 03 is the most populous ward with population of 1973 and Lala Ward No 05 is the least populous ward with population of 698. Nearest railway station is Lala Bazar which is within the Town area. District head quarter of the Town is Hailakandi which is 17 km away. Dispur (guwahati) is the state head quarter of the Town and is 382 km far from here. Yearly average rainfall of the city is 2465 mm. Maximum temperature here reaches up to 35°C and minimum temperature goes down to 8°C.

Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1183 which is 10.05 % of total population of Lala (TC). In Lala Town Committee, Female Sex Ratio is of 1020 against state average of 958. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Lala is around 943 compared to Assam state average of 962. Literacy rate of Lala city is 94.30 % higher than state average of 72.19 %. In Lala, Male literacy is around 96.38 % while female literacy rate is 92.27 %.

Lala Town Committee has total administration over 2,526 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage & street light. It is also authorized to build roads within Lala Town Committee limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Total geographical area of Lala town committee is 4 km². Population density of the city is 2803 persons per km². There are 10 wards in the city, among them Lala Ward No 03 is the most populous ward with population of 1973 and Lala Ward No 05 is the least populous ward with population of 698

Nearest railway station is Lala Bazar which is within the Town area. District head quarter of the Town is Hailakandi which is 17 km away. Dispur (guwahati) is the state head quarter of the Town and is 382 km far from here. Yearly average rainfall of the city is 2465 mm. Maximum temperature here reaches up to 35°C and minimum temperature goes down to 8°C.

Caste wise male female population as per census 2011 - Lala:

	Total	General	Schedule Caste	Schedule Tribe	Child
Total	11,771	9,825	1,921	25	1,183
Male	5,827	4,849	963	15	609
Female	5,944	4,976	958	10	574

Religion wise distribution of population :

Hindus contribute 91% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the city followed by Muslims which contribute 7% of the total population and Jains are the third largest religious community here with 2% population.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Hindus are 1038 in Muslims are 831 and in Jains are 946.

Religion wise population of Lala as per census 2011 :

	Total	Hindu	Muslim	Christian	Sikh	Buddhist	Jain	Others	Not Stated
Total	11,771	10,711	824	44	0	0	179	13	0
Male	5,827	5,256	450	21	0	0	92	8	0
Female	5,944	5,455	374	23	0	0	87	5	0

Growth of population:

Population of the Town has increased by 14.6% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were about 10 thousand. Female population growth rate of the city is 17% which is 4.7% higher than male population growth rate of 12.3%. General caste population has increased by 14.6%; Schedule caste population has increased by 13.7%; Schedule Tribe population has increased by 316.7% and child population has decreased by -5.1% in the city since last census.

Growth of population (percent) 2001 to 2011 - Lala:

	Total	General	Schedule Caste	Schedule Tribe	Child
Total	14.6%	14.6%	13.7%	316.7%	-5.1%
Male	12.3%	12.1%	11.8%	400%	-5.7%
Female	17%	17.1%	15.7%	233.3%	-4.3%

Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male:

As of 2011 census there are 1020 females per 1000 male in the city. Sex ratio in general caste is 1026, in schedule caste is 995 and in schedule tribe is 667. There are 943 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the city. Overall sex ratio in the city has increased by 40 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has increased by 14 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Change in sex ratio 2001 to 2011 - Lala:

	Total	General	SC	ST	Child
Change	40	43	33	-333	14
2011	1020	1026	995	667	943
2001	980	983	962	1000	929

Literacy:

Total 9984 people in the town are literate, among them 5029 are male and 4955 are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Lala is 94%. 96% of male and 92% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the town has increased by 4%. Male literacy has gone up by 2% and female literacy rate has gone up by 5%.

Change in literacy rate 2001 to 2011 - Lala:

	Total	Male	Female
Change	4.1%	2.7%	5.6%
2011	94.3%	96.4%	92.3%
2001	90.2%	93.7%	86.7%

Workers profile:

Lala has 30% (3510) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 51% male and 9% female population are working population. 49% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 2% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 7% of total female population are main and 2% are marginal workers.

Percentage of working population - Lala:

	Worker (Among total population)	Main Worker (Among workers)	Marginal Worker (Among workers)	Non Worker (Among total population)
Total	29.8%	27.8%	2%	70.2%
Male	51.2%	48.8%	2.4%	48.8%
Female	8.8%	7.3%	1.5%	91.2%

Past Chairpersonnnn

Name Year From Year To
SRI PULAK NATH 04/04/2018 04/04/2020
Sri Samaraendra Roy 24/02/2017 23/03/2018
Smt Bijoy Laxmi Debnath 04/04/2015 30/11/2016
Smt Nomita Das 23/04/2012 15/09/2014
Smt Nandita Das 14/06/2009 23/04/2012
Sri Samarjit Singha 03/05/2007 29/02/2008
Sri Samarjit Singha 09/07/1998 09/07/2003
Sri Pradip Kr. Deb 04/07/1996 20/09/1996
Sri Noni Gopal Nath Laskar 20/12/1993 04/07/1996
Sri Monindra Singha 27/09/1993 20/12/1993
Sri Bhupesh Ranjan Deb 10/08/1992 27/09/1993
Sri Samarjit Singha 29/01/1987 06/12/1990
Sri Samarjit Singha 31/05/1985 31/12/1985
Sri Joynath Roy, LLB 20/06/1984 31/05/1985
Sri Chitendra Nath Mazunder 06/03/1980 12/03/1984
Sri Sambhu Nath Kangsha Banik 02/10/1972 05/04/1978

Past Vice Chairperson

Past Exceutive Officer

Name Year From Year To
Sri I K Baruah, ACS 05/04/1978 30/09/1978
Sri K K Das, ACS 30/09/1978 06/03/1979
Sri A C Dutta, ACS 06/03/1979 06/03/1980
Sri N R Das, ACS 12/03/1984 20/06/1984
Sri Sunil Dutta, ACS 31/12/1985 29/01/1987
Sri D K Chakraborty, ACS 06/12/1990 20/08/1991
Sri H K Gogoi, ACS 20/08/1991 06/11/1991
Sri P Nargary, ACS 06/11/1991 10/08/1992
Sri S M Z Chasti, ACS 20/09/1996 02/06/1998
Sri J D Sukla, ACS 02/06/1998 09/07/1998
Sri J D Sukla, ACS 09/072003 29/05/2004
Sri Biresh Ch. Nath, ACS 29/05/2004 12/07/2004
Sri J D Sukla, ACS 12/07/2004 04/01/2005
Sri Manash Das, ACS 04/01/2005 03/05/2007
Sri S Deb, Deputy Director, T & CP 29/02/2008 02/06/2008
Sri Tapansh Deb, ACS 02/06/2008 14/06/2009
Sri P.B. Roy, ACS 15/09/2014 08/10/2014
Sri Rajib Roy, ACS 08/10/2014 03/06/2016
Smt Madhumita Nath, ACS 03/06/2016 15/05/2017
Smt Ruth Leinthang, ACS 15/05/2017 15/05/2018
Sri Pradip Timung, ACS 15/05/2018 15/02/2019
Sri Jyotirmoy Daimary, ACS 15/02/2019 15/07/2021