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Prakriti
Purusa / duito kari para / duihano nija karan:
Param Iswar / namak dharia / acha tate Narayan." 173.
Role of Agriculture in
the Socio-Economic Development of Titabar
by Jogeswar Gogoi
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Introduction: |
Stemming from "Titaram’s Borguri, the name
Titabar came into being, although no any supporting document is
available till date. It is said that there was a charitable
wellborn person named "Titaram" settled some where near present
Basic Tiniali. He planted a "Bor tree", under the shadow of
which every passer by took rest. At that time, everybody called
that place "Titaram’s Borguri" Later on; the name had changed in
to Titabar.
Titabar is a place of some historical importance. During the
reign of Ahom kings, Swargadeo Kamaleswar Sinha made temporary
settlement at "Rajabahar" situated ten Kilometers off Titabar.
The king destined to do it only because of the high soil
fertility gradient of that region caused by Charaipani revulet
carrying slits to it from the hillside. "Bacha Pathar" a vast
highly producing paddy field, virtually a granary of paddy even
called today was singled out by the king. The king also
discovered "Hamdoi Pathar" another highly producing paddy field
only three kilometers off Titabar and made a "Bari" near present
Kachajan which is called "Rajabari" even today. The beautiful
scenery of the blue hill range of Assam Nagaland boarder in the
crow’s light, the evergreen tea gardens. Scattered hither and
thither, the vast paddy fields with standing crops on both sides
of Na-Ali and Gar-Ali made by the Ahom kings give overwhelming
joy to everybody whoever passes through. |
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Titabar town at a glance: |
Titabar Revenue Circle was initiated during
the pre-independent period as on 14-05-1918 with the head
quarter at Titabar. After a long gap of 41 years since
inception, the headquarter was up-graded into Titabar Revenue
Town dated 28-05-1959. After prolonged pressure by different
organization and also in view of efficient governance of this
remote area boardering Nagaland, the government of Assam
upgraded it into a Civil Sub-Division with Titabar as the Civil
Sub-Divisional headquarter. The Titabar Civil town committee was
also formed in 2006, as per proposal submitted by the competent
authority, comprising of eight wards including the total area
covered by Titabar Gaon Panchayat, a part of the Bebejia Gaon
Panchayat and a part of the Bokaholla Gaon Panchayat.
The first hand data of the Titabar town in as
follows:
1.Total area covered by Titabar town is 7,057
Bighas 4 Kathas 14 Lechas.
2.Demographic pattern: Male: 9,532
Female:
10,510
Tota:
20,042
The figures under reference are according to the proposal
submitted to the government. Needless to say that, the present
population is estimated to be around thirty thousand owing to
the growing population pattern and also incoming of a lot of
people from different parts. Higher side of the female
population of Titabar town is note worthy contrary to the all
India records, Assam and even in comparison to the Titabar
Revenue Circle as a whole, i.e. 940 females against 1000 males.
3.Caste-wise break-up of Population of
Titabar town is as follows.
S.C:
1,790 S.T. (P):
3,520O.
B.C./M.O.B.C.:
3,876 General:
10,896 Total: 20,042 Data refers to the proposal
submitted. |
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Titabar Revenue Circle: |
Titabar revenue Circle is in the extreme
Southern part of Jorhat district, boardering Nagaland about
eight kilometers at a stretch and bounded by Kakadonga rivulet
in the west and Mariani Revenue Circle in the East. It includes
106 revenue villages, excluding the area under Titabar town,
covering a total land area of 41,609 hectors.
Total land coverage of Titabar under
Agriculture and Tea gardens is as follows –Agriculture: 1,08,500
Bighas 4 Kathas 18 Lechas Tea Garden: 56,804 Bighas 0 Kathas 4
Lechas Data refers to Circle Office Titabar
It is evident that the tea garden coverage is about 50% of
the land covered by Agriculture. The tea garden coverage
excludes small tea gardens very widely taken into account at
present all over the circle. It has been estimated that the
green leaves produced by the small tea gardens register 30% of
the total green leaves production. Most of the small tea garden
growers are educated unemployed youths and according to their
opinion more and more area under small tea gardens will be
covered in the days to come in view of their profitability ratio
in comparison to other agricultural crops.
The demographic pattern of Titabar revenue
Circle is given below –
Male: 94,150 Female: 89,275
Total: 1,83,425
The data refers to 2001 census. The sex ratio
940 females against 1000 males is slightly higher than the
national records, stands still a matter of grave concern.
However the figures might be increasing significantly at present
in view of growing population pattern and also influx of
different category of people from outside the region. The
literacy rate of Titabar is supposed to be the same as that of
the Jorhat district as a whole, which is given below. Male: 71.28% Female: 54.61% Average:
63.25%
It is note worthy that the literacy rate of Jorhat district
is in the higher side as that of the state average. Much lower
female education in comparison to male education has been a
national problem. Not to speak of Titabar as per records
available so far. However due to the implementation of "Sarba
Siksha Mission" these rates have been increasing significantly
year after year as per records of the Department concerned. But,
in some particular cases, it seems to be a white lie, especially
amongst the people who have been suffering from the main meal of
the day. |
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