Advantages of conservative forests in assam
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The word Assam has its origin in the Sanskrit word Asom meaning Unparalleled or Peerless. In the mythological text this land is described as Pragjyotishpura or the “City of eastern lights”; the site where Lord Brahma first created the stars. This land which the Ahom Rulers described as “Nung Dun Chun Kham” or the “Country of Golden Gardens”, is endowed with natural bounty rarely found elsewhere.
The State of Assam; criss-crossed by mountains, valleys and an intricate river system; is located in the eastern most part of India between 24°.07’ N to 28°00’ N Latitude and 89°.42’ E to 96°. 02’ E Longitude and extends over geographical area of 78,438 sq. km. which constitute 2.39% of the country’s total area. In his book Red Rivers and Blue Hills, the eminent scholar Hem Barua wrote, “To many outsiders Assam is no more than a land of mountains and malaria, earthquakes and floods and the Kamakhya Temple. To others it is a green woodland where slothful serpents, insidious tigers, wild elephants and stealthy leopards peep and peer with virulent eyes and claws. Assam to most of the people is mentally a distant horizon like Bolivia or Peru – less known and more fancied”.
The state is famous for its tea gardens and one horned Rhinoceros. Topographically the state can be divided in to three parts viz the Brahmaputra valley, the Surma valley and the mountainous Assam Ranges. The state has subtropical climate with temperature ranging from 5°C to 32°C and mean annual rainfall varying from 1,500 mm to 3,750 mm.
The population of the state is 31.17 million (Census 2011). The rural and urban population accounts for 85.92% and 14.08% respectively. The population density is 397 persons per sq km. The livestock population of the state is 17.23 million (Livestoc