Assam, a northeastern state of India, is divided into 35 administrative geographical units called districts. Assam has 35 districts.
Assam, a northeastern state of India, is divided into 35 administrative geographical units called districts. Assam has 35 districts.
A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by the District Commissioner (DC), which combines the offices of the District Magistrate ultimately responsible for maintaining law and order and District Collector responsible for collection of the revenue. Generally, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service becomes the DC but occasionally officers belonging to the Assam Civil Service do get appointed. The DC is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state.
The districts of Assam are grouped together in five regional divisions, 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 administration in Guwahati City is headed by the Commissioner of Police, which started functioning from 1 January 2015.
Before India's independence in 1947, Assam had 13 districts. The districts were Cachar (14 August 1832), Darrang (1833), Goalpara, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Sivasagar, Jayantia parganas, Garo hills, Lushai hills, Naga hills, Sylhet and NEFA. The British India protectorate 4 princely states under Assam state were Tripura, Khasi states, Koch Bihar and Manipur (included during Independence). Sylhet district had been given to East Pakistan at the time of the Partition. After many inclusion and exclusion during the independence and later till 1972, Assam formed the present shape with its prime 7 districts. The other 6 districts curved out of Assam; Jayantia, Garo and Khasi were combined and became Meghalya State; Lushiai hills became Mizoram; Naga hills became Nagaland; NEFA became Arunachal Pradesh; the both princely states Tripura and Manipur included in Assam and later separated as state and Koch Bihar became part of West Bengal.
On 17 November 1951, United Mikir and North Cachar Hills district curved out of Golaghat, Nagaon, Cachar, Jayantia and Naga hills districts.
On 2 February 1970, Mikir Hills district curved out of North Cachar Hills.
On 2 October 1976, Dibrugarh district curved out of Lakhimpur and the Name of Mikir Hills district changed to Karbi Anglong district.
On 1 July 1983, Barpeta district curved out of Kamrup; On 14 July Sonitpur district curved out of Darrang; Jorhat district curved out of Sibsagar, Dhubri district and Kokrajhar district curved out of Goalpara; Karimganj district curved out of Cachar.
On 14 August 1985, Nalbari district curved out of Kamrup.
On 15 August 1987, Golaghat district curved out of Sibsagar.
On 29 September 1989, Hailakandi district curved out of Cachar and Bongaigaon district curved out of Goalpara and Kokrajhar. On 1 October Tinsukia district curved out of Dibrugarh. On 14 October Dhemaji district curved out of Lakhimpur and on 26 November Marigaon district curved out of Nagaon.
On 3 February 2003, Kamrup Metropolitan district curved out of Kamrup.
On 1 June 2004, Baksa district curved out of Barpeta, Nalbari, and Kamrup; on 4 June, Chirang district curved out of Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar. On 14 June, Udalguri district curved out of Darrang and Sonitpur; along with Kokrajhar district formed BTAD.
On 1 April 2010, the name of North Cachar Hills district changed to Dima Hasao.
On 15 August 2015, Tarun Gogoi, the Chief Minister of Assam, announced the formation of five new districts in the state, [1] taking the total number from 27 to 32. The five new districts are the following: [1] [2] Biswanath (carved out of Sonitpur); Charaideo (carved out of Sivasagar); Hojai (carved out of Nagaon); South Salmara-Mankachar (carved out of Dhubri); West Karbi Anglong (carved out of Karbi Anglong).
On 26 January 2016, 2 more districts were announced, but on 7 October 2016, the government has withdrawn district status of East Kamrup and South Kamrup due to inadequate infrastructure. The two sub-divisions of East Kamrup district - viz. Chandrapur and Sonapur, is now part of Kamrup Metropolitan district. The sub-divisions of South Kamrup district is now part of Kamrup Rural district.
On 27 June 2016, one more district was announced by Sarbananda Sonowal, taking the total number from 32 to 33 which is Majuli (carved out of the Northern parts of Jorhat). It is the first river island district of India. [3]
On 8 August 2020, the Assam cabinet approved a proposal to make Bajali (curved out of Barpeta) the 34th district of Assam. [4] The Assam Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma approved the proposal to make Tamulpur curved out of Baksa district a full-fledged district. [5] On 23 January 2022, Tamulpur was formally declared as a 35th district of Assam. [6]
On 31 December 2022, the Assam Cabinet decided to merge four newly carved districts with existing four districts. [7] These districts were,
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Bishwa Sarma said it is a temporary measure before ECI delimitation process in the state and government may reconsider it. [8]
On 25 August 2023, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the decision to recreate the four newly merged districts of Biswanath, Hojai, Bajali, and Tamulpur from their original districts. [9] Therefore, the total number of districts in Assam has once again become 35.
The areas and populations of the 35 districts are given below: [10] [11]
| Code [12] | RTO Code | Districts | Headquarters | Population (2011) [13] | Area (km²) | Population Density (/km²) | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BK | AS-28 | Baksa # | Mushalpur | 950,075 | 2,457 | 387 |  |
| BJ | AS- | Bajali | Pathsala | 253,816 | 418 | 610 |  |
| BP | AS-15 | Barpeta | Barpeta | 1,693,622 | 3182 | 532 |  |
| BN | AS-32 | Biswanath | Biswanath Chariali | 612,491 | 1415 | 430 |  |
| BO | AS-19 | Bongaigaon | Bongaigaon | 738,804 | 1,093 | 676 |  |
| CA | AS-11 | Cachar | Silchar | 1,736,319 | 3,786 | 459 |  |
| CD | AS-33 | Charaideo [1] | Sonari [14] | 471,418 | 1,069 | 441 |  |
| CH | AS-26 | Chirang # | Kajalgaon | 482,162 | 1,170 | 412 |  |
| DR | AS-13 | Darrang | Mangaldai | 928,500 | 1,585 | 586 |  |
| DM | AS-22 | Dhemaji | Dhemaji | 686,133 | 3,237 | 212 |  |
| DU | AS-17 | Dhubri | Dhubri | 1,394,144 | 1,608 | 867 |  |
| DI | AS-06 | Dibrugarh | Dibrugarh | 1,326,335 | 3,381 | 392 |  |
| DH | AS-08 | Dima Hasao ## | Haflong | 214,102 | 4,890 | 44 |  |
| GP | AS-18 | Goalpara | Goalpara | 1,008,183 | 1,824 | 553 |  |
| GG | AS-05 | Golaghat | Golaghat | 1,066,888 | 3,502 | 305 |  |
| HA | AS-24 | Hailakandi | Hailakandi | 659,296 | 1,327 | 497 |  |
| HJ | AS-31 | Hojai | Sankardev Nagar | 931,218 | 1,686 | 550 |  |
| JO | AS-03 | Jorhat | Jorhat | 924,952 | 2,851 | 324 |  |
| KM | AS-01 | Kamrup Metropolitan | Guwahati | 1,253,938 | 1,528 | 821 |  |
| KU | AS-25 | Kamrup | Amingaon | 1,517,542 | 3,105 | 489 |  |
| KG | AS-09 | Karbi Anglong | Diphu | 660,955 | 7,366 | 90 |  |
| KR | AS-10 | Karimganj | Karimganj | 1,228,686 | 1,809 | 679 |  |
| KJ | AS-16 | Kokrajhar # | Kokrajhar | 887,142 | 3,169 | 280 |  |
| LA | AS-07 | Lakhimpur | North Lakhimpur | 1,042,137 | 2,277 | 458 |  |
| MJ | AS-29 | Majuli | Garamur [15] | 167,304 | 880 | 190 |  |
| MA | AS-21 | Morigaon | Morigaon | 957,423 | 1,704 | 562 |  |
| NN | AS-02 | Nagaon | Nagaon | 2,823,768 | 3,973 | 711 |  |
| NB | AS-14 | Nalbari | Nalbari | 771,639 | 2,257 | 342 |  |
| SV | AS-04 | Sivasagar | Sivasagar | 679,632 | 2,668 | 255 |  |
| ST | AS-12 | Sonitpur | Tezpur | 1,924,110 | 3,176 | 606 |  |
| SS | AS-34 | South Salmara-Mankachar [1] | Hatsingimari [16] | 555,114 | 568 | 977 |  |
| TP | AS- | Tamulpur | Tamulpur | 389,150 | 884 | 440 |  |
| TI | AS-23 | Tinsukia | Tinsukia | 1,327,929 | 3,790 | 350 |  |
| UD | AS-27 | Udalguri # | Udalguri | 831,688 | 1,852 | 449 |  |
| WK | AS- | West Karbi Anglong [1] | Hamren [17] | 295,358 | 3,035 | 97 |  |
## District under NC Hill autonomy
Assam is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of 78,438 km2 (30,285 sq mi). It is the second largest state in northeastern India by area and the largest in terms of population. The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a 22-kilometre-wide (14 mi) strip of land that connects the state to the rest of India. Assamese and Boro are the official languages of Assam. Meitei (Manipuri) is the official language of Hojai district and the entirety of the Barak Valley districts, while Bengali is an official language in the three districts of Barak Valley.
Karbi Anglong district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of Assam. It is an autonomous district administered by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) according to the provisions of the Sixth Schedule of the constitution of India. The district headquarters is in Diphu.
Dima Hasao district, is an administrative district in the state of Assam, India. As of 2011, it is the least populous district of Assam.
Nagaon district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Assam. At the time of the 2011 census it was the most populous district in Assam, before Hojai district was split from it in 2016.
The Karbis or Mikir are one of the major ethnic community in Northeast India. They are mostly concentrated in the hill districts of Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong of Assam.
Baksa district is an administrative district in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, one of the North-Eastern states of India. The administrative headquarters is at Mushalpur. Manas National Park is a part of this district.
Upper Assam is an administrative division of the state of Assam comprising the undivided Lakhimpur and Sivasagar districts, of the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra valley. The other divisions are: Lower Assam, North Assam and Hills and Barak Valley. The division is under the jurisdiction of a Commissioner, stationed at Jorhat.
The Karbi language is spoken by the Karbi people of Northeastern India.
Assam Cricket Association (ACA) is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Assam state of India. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The headquarters of ACA is at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati. It administers Assam cricket team, Assam women's cricket team and its junior state teams.
The Tiwa people, are a Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group primarily inhabiting the Northeast Indian states of Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland, and some parts of neighbouring Bangladesh and Myanmar.
The All Assam Chess Association is a registered chess association of the Assam state of India. It was formed in the late 1960s by Bodiyuz Zaman from Jorhat. The first president of the association was Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi. It is affiliated with the All India Chess Federation and officially accredited by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs, (FIDE).
The Assam Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Assam in India. A regular police force was initiated in Assam by the British after the Treaty of Yandaboo to maintain the law and order. It functions under the Department of Home Affairs, Assam. The headquarters of Assam Police is situated at Ulubari in the state capital Guwahati.
Lower Assam division is one of the 5 administrative divisions of Assam in India. It was formed in 1874, consisting of the undivided Kamrup district of Western Assam, undivided Darrang and Nagaon districts of Central Assam and Khasi & Jaintia hills of Meghalaya, created for revenue purposes. The division is under the jurisdiction of a Commissioner, who is stationed at Guwahati. The division currently covers the Western Brahmaputa Valley. Shri Jayant Narlikar, IAS is the current Commissioner of Lower Assam division.
Assam – 16th largest, 15th most populous and 26th most literate state of the 28 states of the democratic Republic of India. Assam is at 14th position in life expectancy and 8th in female-to-male sex ratio. Assam is the 21st most media exposed states in India. The Economy of Assam is largely agriculture based with 69% of the population engaged in it. Growth rate of Assam's income has not kept pace with that of India's during the Post-British Era; differences increased rapidly since the 1970s. While the Indian economy grew at 6 percent per annum over the period of 1981 to 2000, the same of Assam's grew only by 3.3 percent.
The West Karbi Anglong district is a district of the Indian state of Assam. It is a relatively new district formed out of the existing Karbi Anglong district in 2016. The administrative headquarters of the district is located at Hamren. The district is a part of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council and is administered according to the provisions of the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
The Brahmaputra floods refers to a catastrophic flood event that occurred in 2012 along the Brahmaputra River and its tributaries, as well as in subsequent years.
The 2018 Assam panchayat election were held in two phases, on 5 and 9 December 2018. The counting of votes started on 12 December and results were declared on 15 December. More than 15.6 million people were eligible to vote and voter turnout was over 78 per cent.
Beginning in May 2022, deadly floods hit northeastern India and Bangladesh. Over 9 million people in both countries have been affected, and around 300 people have been killed.
