Bodoland Territorial Region
Bodoland Territorial Region | |
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| Motto(s): "Truth Alone Triumphs" Slogan: "For Peace and Development" | |
Bodoland Territorial Region Within India | |
| Coordinates: 26°42′N 91°05′E / 26.700°N 91.083°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Assam |
| Established | February 9, 2003 |
| Capital | Kokrajhar |
| Districts | 5 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Autonomous Administrative Region |
| • Body | Bodoland Territorial Council |
| • Chief Executive | Pramod Boro |
| • Deputy Chief Executive | Gobinda Basumatary |
| • Speaker | Katiram Boro |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,970 km2 (3,460 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,155,359 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bodo |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | bodoland |
The Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) is an autonomous division in Assam, India, and a proposed state in Northeast India. It is made up of five districts on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River below the foothills of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh. It is administered by an elected body known as the Bodoland Territorial Council which came into existence under the terms of a peace agreement signed in February 2003 and its autonomy was further extended by an agreement signed in January 2020. The region covers an area of over nine thousand square kilometres and is predominantly inhabited by the Bodo people and other tribal communities of Assam.