Kokrajhar, one of the 35 districts of

Assam

, located on the north bank of river Brahmaputra shares the international boundary with

Bhutan

in the north and interstate boundary with West Bengal in the west. Its location is strategically important. The district is bounded by Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on the north, Dhubri district on the south, Chirang and Bongaigaon district on the east and state of West

Bengal on the west. The district is the gateway to Assam and other North Eastern states by road as well as railways. Kokrajhar district lies roughly between 89˚46́ to 90˚38́ east longitudes and between 26˚19́ to 26˚54́ north latitudes. The district is demographically dominated by tribal and non-tribal communities namely Bodo, Rava, Koch Rajbangshi, Santhal, Orao, Muslim, Nepali, Bengali etc. The territorial council, BTAD headquarter is in the district. The district consists of 3 Sub-divisions, 5 Revenue circles, 8 Community Development blocks, 88 Gaon Panchayats and 2091 Revenue villages. A large number of rivers and tributaries viz., Sankosh, Gongia, Gaurang, Champa, Hel, Tarang, Saralbhang, Longa etc. flow from north (mostly originating from Bhutan) to south of the district and meet Brahmaputra.

The total population of the district is 8,87,142 as per 2011 census, of which 8,32,201 (93.81%) live in rural areas. The population density per square kilometre is 280 with sex ratio of 958 per 1000 males. Population of male is 51.05% and female is 48.95%. The SC and ST population constitute 34.74% of the total population of the district. The literacy rate of the district is 66.63%.

Agriculture is the main occupation of Kokrajhar district and contributes a major part in the district economy. The average size of operational land holdings in the district is 1.20 ha. Rice is the main crop which covers about 80% of the Gross Cropped Area. The Gross Cropped Area of the district is 1,77,394 ha as against the Net Cropped Area of 1,08,167 ha with a cropping intensity of 164.20%. In the district, double cropping is a regular practice in major parts of the cultivable land and triple cropping is also undertaken in certain pockets having assured irrigation facility. The major field crops grown in the district are Ahu paddy, Sali paddy, Jute, Mesta, Black gram, Sesamum during Kharif season and Boro paddy, Wheat, Toria, Niger, Linseed, Lentil, Buckwheat, during Rabi season. Sali paddy is distributed throughout the district under rainfed condition. Under horticultural crops both Kharif and Rabi vegetables, fruit trees namely Banana, Pineapple, Citrus, Jackfruit etc., Chilli, Ginger, Turmeric, Black pepper as spices, Tuber crops like Potato, Tapioca, Colocasia and Plantation crops viz. Areca nut, Coconut etc. are commonly cultivated in the district. In case of fishes, different indigenous and exotic breeds like Catla, Rahu, Mrigal, Calbasu, Bato, Bhangan, Puthi, Borali, Chitol, Kandhuli, Silgharia, Prawn etc. are grown. In Animal Husbandry sector, different indigenous and cross bred are reared by the farmers of the Kokrajhar district.

Sl. No.	Crop	Area(ha)	Production(mt)	Productivity(q/ha)
1	Autumn Rice	28744	24649	8.71
2	Winter Paddy	54496	69621	12.97
3	Summer Paddy	8110	15955	19.67
4	Maize	1150	598	5.20
5	Wheat	2123	2481	11.68
6	Black Gram	949	545	5.75
7	Lentil	826	403	4.88
8	Pea	340	180	5.31
9	Rapeseed and Mustard	18051	10229	5.67
10	Niger	995	496	5.00
11	Sesamum	710	421	5.92
12	Linseed	419	207	4.93
13	Jute	4953	57158	20.77
14	Mesta	1211	6621	9.85
15	Banana	1271	20165	158.66
16	Pineapple	311	4652	149.60
17	Papaya	383	5753	150.22
18	Assam Lemon	188	1380	77.40
19	Jackfruit	1513	10820	96.93
20	Arecanut	1991	23924 Nos.	120 no/plant/year
21	Coconut	435	4058550 Nos.	80 no/plant/year
22	Potato	2721	30139	110.77
23	Colocasia	1514	16654	110.00
24	Tapioca	736	3522	47.85
25	Sweet Potato	361	1373	38.04
26	Kharif Vegetables	2971	45097	151.80
27	Rabi Vegetables	4083	84648	207.31
28	Chilli	718	514	7.16
29	Turmeric	403	315	7.81
30	Ginger	615	4569	74.30
31	Black Pepper	44	73	16.50

The district has a total area of 3169.22 Km². Till recently the district had over 50% of its geographical area covered by deep green forest. But the forest coverage has dwindled substantially due to unscrupulous and massive denudation. Most of the terrain in the district is scantily populated and thickly forested. The district is characterised by almost plain topography being flanked by foothills of Bhutan in the upper strip of north and high plain in the middle to lower strip towards the southern side with a gradation from north to south.

Agro-climatically, the district falls under Lower Brahmaputra Valley Zone of Assam. The climate of the district is humid sub-tropical in nature characterized by warm-humid summer and cool-dry winter. The average annual rainfall of the district is 3127 mm against the state average of 2584.50 mm and the mean maximum and minimum temperature varies from 33-38°C and 8-10°C respectively. The soil texture is mostly sandy loam to clay loam with P^H ranging from 4.7 to 7.8 i.e. acidic to neutral.

The district has been divided into three Agro Ecological situations (AES) based on physiography, hydrology, soil, climate and cropping patterns.

AES I : Plain zone		AES II : Hill & Hillock		AES III : Foot Hill Area
Existing farming system	Dominant enterprise	Existing farming system	Dominant enterprise	Existing farming system	Dominant enterprise
Agri-Horti - A. H.	Agri	Agri - Horti and Horti - A. H.	A. H.	Agri - A.H.	A. H.
Agri-Horti- Fishery- A. H.	A. H.	Agri - A. H.	A. H.	Agri-Horti-A. H.	Horti
-	-	-	-	Agri-Sericulture	Sericulture

The total geographical area of the district is 3,98,635 ha and out of which, 38.05 % is cultivable, 0.7% cultivable wasteland, 0.9% current fellow, 54.94% forest, 5.78% Pasture, 9.1 % under non-agricultural use, 1.75 % under miscellaneous plantation The Net Sown Area of Kokrajhar district is 89,784 ha which is 28.33% of the total area of the district. There are 55,908 operational holdings and the average size of land holding is 1.20 ha. The marginal farmers constitute 40.77% of farm families with 17.91% of land under their possession and the small farmer is 33.39% occupying 30.54% of land. 19.52% of farm families represent semi-medium farmers possessing 31.99% of land while medium farmers constitute 6.27% of farm families with 19.07% of land. The large farmer in the district is only less than 1% of total farm families.