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List of districts of Assam

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Assam, a northeastern state of India, is divided into 35 administrative geographical units called districts. Assam has 35 districts.

Map of districts of Assam, coloured by division:- Green: Lower Assam, Purple: North Assam, Yellow: Central Assam, Orange: Barak Valley, Red: Upper Assam

Administration change

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit. They are headed by the Deputy Commissioner (DC). DC combines the offices of the District Magistrate responsible for maintaining law and order and District Collector responsible for collection of the revenue. The DC is assisted by officials belonging to different wings of state administrative services.

The districts of Assam are grouped together in five regional divisions. They are headed by a Commissioner. A superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues. The police in Guwahati City is headed by the Commissioner of Police. It started functioning from 1 January 2015.

Districts change

The areas and populations of the 35 districts are given below:[1][2]

Code[3] District Headquarter Population (2011)[4] Area (km²) Density (/km²) Map
BK Baksa# Mushalpur 950,075 2,457 387  
BJ Bajali Pathsala 253,816 418 610  
BP Barpeta Barpeta 1,693,622 3182 532  
BN Biswanath Biswanath Chariali 612,491 1415 430  
BO Bongaigaon Bongaigaon 738,804 1,093 676  
CA Cachar Silchar 1,736,319 3,786 459  
CD Charaideo[5] Sonari[6] 471,418 1,069 441  
CH Chirang# Kajalgaon 482,162 1,170 412  
DR Darrang Mangaldai 928,500 1,585 586  
DM Dhemaji Dhemaji 686,133 3,237 212  
DU Dhubri Dhubri 1,394,144 1,608 867  
DI Dibrugarh Dibrugarh 1,326,335 3,381 392  
DH Dima Hasao Haflong 214,102 4,890 44  
GP Goalpara Goalpara 1,008,183 1,824 553  
GG Golaghat Golaghat 1,066,888 3,502 305  
HA Hailakandi Hailakandi 659,296 1,327 497  
HJ Hojai Sankardev Nagar 931,218 1,686 550  
JO Jorhat Jorhat 924,952 2,851 324  
KM Kamrup Metropolitan Guwahati 1,253,938 1,528 821  
KU Kamrup Amingaon 1,517,542 3,105 489  
KG Karbi Anglong Diphu 660,955 7,366 90  
KR Karimganj Karimganj 1,228,686 1,809 679  
KJ Kokrajhar# Kokrajhar 887,142 3,169 280  
LA Lakhimpur North Lakhimpur 1,042,137 2,277 458  
MJ Majuli Garamur[7] 167,304 880 190  
MA Morigaon Morigaon 957,423 1,704 562  
NN Nagaon Nagaon 2,823,768 3,973 711  
NB Nalbari Nalbari 771,639 2,257 342  
SV Sivasagar Sivasagar 679,632 2,668 255  
ST Sonitpur Tezpur 1,924,110 3,176 606  
SS South Salmara-Mankachar[5] Hatsingimari[8] 555,114 568 977  
TP Tamulpur Tamulpur 389,150 884 440  
TI Tinsukia Tinsukia 1,327,929 3,790 350  
UD Udalguri# Udalguri 831,688 1,852 449  
WK West Karbi Anglong[5] Hamren[9] 295,358 3,035 97  

# Districts within the Bodoland Territorial Region

References change

  1. ↑ The Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  2. ↑ "Assam merges 4 districts, redraws boundaries ahead of EC's delimitation deadline". Hindustan Times. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ↑ ISO 3166
  4. ↑ "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cite error: The named reference 5 new districts was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  6. ↑ "Charaideo inaugurated as a new dist". Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Majuli to function as new district from today". Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "South Salmara-Mankachar dist inaugurated". Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "West Karbi Anglong district inaugurated". Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

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