Doom Dooma

Doom Dooma is a Town Committee city in district of Tinsukia, Assam. The Doom Dooma city is divided into ten wards for which elections are held every five years. Doom Dooma has a population of 21,572 of which 11,476 are males and 10,096 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Population of children within age group 0-6 is 2423 which is 11.23 % of total population. The sex ratio is 880 against state average of 958. Child sex ratio in Doom Dooma is around 877 compared to Assam state average of 962. Literacy rate of Doom Dooma city is 85.52 % which is higher than state average of 72.19 %. In Doom Dooma, male literacy is around 89.38 % and female literacy rate is 81.15 %.[2]

Doom Dooma Town Committee has total administration over 4,243 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Town Committee limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

The town has 80.75% Hindus and 17.98% Muslims.[2]

Doom Dooma is part of Lakhimpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[3] Elections are held every five years just like in other parts of Assam and people participate in the elections as candidates or voters. Currently there are two political parties which are active in the region- the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Doom Dooma (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam. In this recent election Congress won the election.