List of districts of Assam

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

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)
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