List of districts of Assam
Assam, a northeastern state of India, is divided into 35 administrative geographical units called districts. Assam has 30
districts.
Administration
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
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 | .svg)
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| BJ | Bajali | Pathsala | 253,816 | 418 | 610 | .svg)
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| BP | Barpeta | Barpeta | 1,693,622 | 3182 | 532 | .svg)
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| BN | Biswanath | Biswanath Chariali | 612,491 | 1415 | 430 | .svg)
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| BO | Bongaigaon | Bongaigaon | 738,804 | 1,093 | 676 | .svg)
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| CA | Cachar | Silchar | 1,736,319 | 3,786 | 459 | .svg)
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| CD | Charaideo[5] | Sonari[6] | 471,418 | 1,069 | 441 | .svg)
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| CH | Chirang# | Kajalgaon | 482,162 | 1,170 | 412 | .svg)
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| DR | Darrang | Mangaldai | 928,500 | 1,585 | 586 | .svg)
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| DM | Dhemaji | Dhemaji | 686,133 | 3,237 | 212 | .svg)
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| DU | Dhubri | Dhubri | 1,394,144 | 1,608 | 867 | .svg)
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| DI | Dibrugarh | Dibrugarh | 1,326,335 | 3,381 | 392 | .svg)
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| DH | Dima Hasao | Haflong | 214,102 | 4,890 | 44 | .svg)
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| GP | Goalpara | Goalpara | 1,008,183 | 1,824 | 553 | .svg)
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| GG | Golaghat | Golaghat | 1,066,888 | 3,502 | 305 | .svg)
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| HA | Hailakandi | Hailakandi | 659,296 | 1,327 | 497 | .svg)
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| HJ | Hojai | Sankardev Nagar | 931,218 | 1,686 | 550 | .svg)
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| JO | Jorhat | Jorhat | 924,952 | 2,851 | 324 | .svg)
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| KM | Kamrup Metropolitan | Guwahati | 1,253,938 | 1,528 | 821 | .svg)
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| KU | Kamrup | Amingaon | 1,517,542 | 3,105 | 489 | .svg)
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| KG | Karbi Anglong | Diphu | 660,955 | 7,366 | 90 | .svg)
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| KR | Karimganj | Karimganj | 1,228,686 | 1,809 | 679 | .svg)
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| KJ | Kokrajhar# | Kokrajhar | 887,142 | 3,169 | 280 | .svg)
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| LA | Lakhimpur | North Lakhimpur | 1,042,137 | 2,277 | 458 | .svg)
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| MJ | Majuli | Garamur[7] | 167,304 | 880 | 190 | .svg)
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| MA | Morigaon | Morigaon | 957,423 | 1,704 | 562 | .svg)
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| NN | Nagaon | Nagaon | 2,823,768 | 3,973 | 711 | .svg)
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| NB | Nalbari | Nalbari | 771,639 | 2,257 | 342 | .svg)
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| SV | Sivasagar | Sivasagar | 679,632 | 2,668 | 255 | .svg)
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| ST | Sonitpur | Tezpur | 1,924,110 | 3,176 | 606 | .svg)
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| SS | South Salmara-Mankachar[5] | Hatsingimari[8] | 555,114 | 568 | 977 | .svg)
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| TP | Tamulpur | Tamulpur | 389,150 | 884 | 440 | .svg)
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| TI | Tinsukia | Tinsukia | 1,327,929 | 3,790 | 350 | .svg)
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| UD | Udalguri# | Udalguri | 831,688 | 1,852 | 449 | .svg)
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| WK | West Karbi Anglong[5] | Hamren[9] | 295,358 | 3,035 | 97 | .svg)
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# Districts within the Bodoland Territorial Region
References
- ↑ The Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ↑ "Assam merges 4 districts, redraws boundaries ahead of EC's delimitation deadline". Hindustan Times. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ↑ ISO 3166
- ↑ "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named5 new districts. - ↑ Charaideo inaugurated as a new dist. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb1516/state050. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ Majuli to function as new district from today. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep0816/at050. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ↑ South Salmara-Mankachar dist inaugurated. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb1116/state051. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ West Karbi Anglong district inaugurated. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb1216/state054. Retrieved 11 February 2016.