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Maibang

Maibang (IPA: mai-bang [mai means rice and bang means much], defining a land of prosperity) is a town and a town area committee in Dima Hasao district in the Indian state of Assam. Maibang is also one of the three sub-divisions of Dima Hasao District. It was once the capital of the Dimasa Kachari Kingdom. There is a stone house of Dimasa king.

Maibang was the capital of the erstwhile Dimasa kingdom, from the 16th to 18th century. The ruins of the kingdom can still be found on the eastern bank of Mahur, south of Maibang and other parts of Dima Hasao district. Among them the most popular is "Stone House" (In Dimasa it is called "Longthai ni Noh") situated on the bank of Mahur River on south Maibang.

Maibang falls under the administrative jurisdiction of the Dima Hasao district in Assam. As an autonomous district, Dima Hasao has a unique administrative structure distinct from other districts in Assam.Dima Hasao is governed by the Dima Hasao Autonomous Council (DHAC), which is constituted under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India.

The SDO in Maibang is responsible for the day-to-day administrative functions within the Maibang sub-division, coordinating with various government departments and ensuring the implementation of policies and schemes at the local level.

Maibang town is situated in a hilly area at the bank of Mahur River. Its coordinates are 25°18′N 93°10′E / 25.3°N 93.17°E / 25.3; 93.17. It has an average elevation of 355 metres (1164 feet).

The town area is about 10 square kilometres.

As of 2022 the majority religion was Hinduism.

Bengali is the most spoken language at 3,134 speakers, followed by Dimasa at 1,719, Hindi is spoken by 558 people and Assamese at 246. Dimasa is the dialect of the majority Dimasa tribe of the district. The dialect is yet to be recognized as a language. "Hill Hindi" or "Haflong Hindi" is used as the lingua franca. The languages of instruction in the schools and colleges are Assamese, Bengali and English up to HSLC level in the schools of the town.

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