List of districts of Assam

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

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

Administration[change | change source]

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 | change source]

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 | change source]

  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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