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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 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 100px
BJ Bajali Pathsala 253,816 418 610 Bajali in Assam (India).svg
BP Barpeta Barpeta 1,693,622 3182 532 Barpeta in Assam (India).svg
BN Biswanath Biswanath Chariali 612,491 1415 430 Biswanath in Assam (India).svg
BO Bongaigaon Bongaigaon 738,804 1,093 676 Bongaigaon in Assam (India).svg
CA Cachar Silchar 1,736,319 3,786 459 100px
CD Charaideo[5] Sonari[6] 471,418 1,069 441 Charaideo in Assam (India).svg
CH Chirang# Kajalgaon 482,162 1,170 412 File:Chirang in Assam (India).svg
DR Darrang Mangaldai 928,500 1,585 586 100px
DM Dhemaji Dhemaji 686,133 3,237 212 100px
DU Dhubri Dhubri 1,394,144 1,608 867 Dhubri in Assam (India).svg
DI Dibrugarh Dibrugarh 1,326,335 3,381 392 File:Dibrugarh in Assam (India).svg
DH Dima Hasao Haflong 214,102 4,890 44 100px
GP Goalpara Goalpara 1,008,183 1,824 553 100px
GG Golaghat Golaghat 1,066,888 3,502 305 100px
HA Hailakandi Hailakandi 659,296 1,327 497 100px
HJ Hojai Sankardev Nagar 931,218 1,686 550 100px
JO Jorhat Jorhat 924,952 2,851 324 100px
KM Kamrup Metropolitan Guwahati 1,253,938 1,528 821 100px
KU Kamrup Amingaon 1,517,542 3,105 489 100px
KG Karbi Anglong Diphu 660,955 7,366 90 100px
KR Karimganj Karimganj 1,228,686 1,809 679 100px
KJ Kokrajhar# Kokrajhar 887,142 3,169 280 100px
LA Lakhimpur North Lakhimpur 1,042,137 2,277 458 100px
MJ Majuli Garamur[7] 167,304 880 190 100px
MA Morigaon Morigaon 957,423 1,704 562 File:Morigaon in Assam (India).svg
NN Nagaon Nagaon 2,823,768 3,973 711 File:Nagaon in Assam (India).svg
NB Nalbari Nalbari 771,639 2,257 342 100px
SV Sivasagar Sivasagar 679,632 2,668 255 100px
ST Sonitpur Tezpur 1,924,110 3,176 606 100px
SS South Salmara-Mankachar[5] Hatsingimari[8] 555,114 568 977 100px
TP Tamulpur Tamulpur 389,150 884 440 100px
TI Tinsukia Tinsukia 1,327,929 3,790 350 100px
UD Udalguri# Udalguri 831,688 1,852 449 100px
WK West Karbi Anglong[5] Hamren[9] 295,358 3,035 97 100px

# Districts within the Bodoland Territorial Region

References

  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: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named 5 new districts.
  6. ↑ Charaideo inaugurated as a new dist. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb1516/state050. Retrieved 15 February 2016. 
  7. ↑ Majuli to function as new district from today. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep0816/at050. Retrieved 9 September 2016. 
  8. ↑ South Salmara-Mankachar dist inaugurated. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb1116/state051. Retrieved 11 February 2016. 
  9. ↑ West Karbi Anglong district inaugurated. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb1216/state054. Retrieved 11 February 2016. 

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