Dhekiajuli is a town and a municipal board in Sonitpur district in the state of Assam, India.
The town and its shops, except for medical centres and other public services, are officially closed on Tuesdays for restocking supplies.
Current MLA: Ashok Singhal, He is also a Cabinet Minister in Himanta Biswa Sarma ministry from 2021.
Some of them are the descendants of labourers brought to Assam by the British colonial rulers, while others are relatively recent migrants from other parts of India.
The December attacks, described as one of the worst massacres in the history of North-East India, led to widespread protests by tribal people.
On 26 December, the Government of India declared the launch of Operation All Out to eliminate the Bodo militants and deployed as many as 9,000 soldiers of the Indian Army and the Central Reserve Police Force.