The Mising Autonomous Council was constituted
by the Government of Assam under the Mising Autonomous
Council Act, 1995 vide Govt. Notification No. TAD/BC/358/2005/27
dated 4.10.2005 for all round development in the
area of economic, educational, socio- cultural and
ethnic identity of Mising People as well as all
other communities residing in the council area.
The Council was run on ad-hoc basis with nominated
interim bodies for long 15 years and then by an
Administrator for 3(three) years, after which the
first elections was held in October, 2013 and 34
Members were elected to constitute the General Council
which assumed its office on 6th November, 2013 with
Sri Paramananda Chayengia as Chairman and Dr. Ranoj
Pegu as Chief Executive Councillor.
The Headquarters of the MAC is located at Gogamukh
in Dhemaji district of Assam and covers compact
'Core Area' as well as 'Satellite Areas' in eight
districts namely, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur,
Golaghat, Jorhat, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia.
The population figures as per 2001 Census are as
follows:
The Mising Autonomous Council was constituted by
the Government of Assam under the Mising Autonomous
Council Act, 1995 vide Govt. Notification No. TAD/BC/358/2005/27
dated 4.10.2005 for all round development in the
area of economic, educational, socio- cultural and
ethnic identity of Mising People as well as all
other communities residing in the council area.
The Council was run on ad-hoc basis with nominated
interim bodies for long 15 years and then by an
Administrator for 3(three) years, after which the
first elections was held in October, 2013 and 34
Members were elected to constitute the General Council
which assumed its office on 6th November, 2013 with
Sri Paramananda Chayengia as Chairman and Dr. Ranoj
Pegu as Chief Executive Councillor.
The Headquarters of the MAC is located at Gogamukh
in Dhemaji district of Assam and covers compact
'Core Area' as well as 'Satellite Areas' in eight
districts namely, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur,
Golaghat, Jorhat, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia.
The population figures as per 2001 Census are as
follows:
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