North Assam Division

North Assam Division
Division of Assam
The five divisions of Assam
Country	India
State	Assam
Capital	Tezpur
Largest City	Tezpur
Area
• Total	6,613 km2 (2,553 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	3 684 298

North Assam is an administrative division of Assam under the jurisdiction of a Commissioner, who is officially stationed at Tezpur. It consists of the following districts: Udalguri, Darrang, Sonitpur and Biswanath. Shri Rakesh Kumar, IAS is the current Commissioner of this division. ^[1]

Districts

North Assam district comprises mainly 4 districts, namely Udalguri, Darrang, Sonitpur and Biswanath.

Code [2]	District	Headquarter	Population (2011) [3]	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)
BS	Biswanath	Biswanath Chariali	612 491	1,100	557
DR	Darrang	Mangaldai	928 500	1,585	586
ST	Sonitpur	Tezpur	1 311 619	2,076	632
UD	Udalguri #	Udalguri	831 688	1,852	449
Total	4	—	3 684 298	6,613	557

^# Districts within the Bodoland Territorial Region

Demographics

As per 2011 census, North Assam division has a population of 3,684,298

Languages

Languages spoken in North Assam Division (2011) ^[4]

1. Assamese (36.36%)
2. Bengali (25.07%)
3. Boro (10.57%)
4. Sadri (8.54%)
5. Nepali (4.98%)
6. Hindi (3.42%)
7. Others (11.06%)

According to 2011 census, the total number of Assamese speakers in the division were 1,339,782, Bengali speakers were 923,791, Boro speakers were 389,390, Sadri speakers were 314,665, Nepali speakers were 183,601 and Hindi speakers were 125,908.

See also

• Upper Assam Division
• Lower Assam Division
• Barak Valley Division
• Central Assam Division

References

1. "Divisions | General Administration | Government of Assam, India".
2. ISO 3166
3. "District Census 2011".
4. "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Assam". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 16 August 2020.