North Assam Division

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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]

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North Assam Division
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North Assam division
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Assam
Capital Tezpur
Largest City Tezpur
Area
  Total6,613 km2 (2,553 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 census)
  Total3,684,298
  Density560/km2 (1,400/sq mi)

Districts

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

Code [2] DistrictHeadquarterPopulation (2011) [3] Area (km2)Density (/km2)
BS Biswanath Biswanath Chariali 612,4911,100557
DR Darrang Mangaldai 928,5001,585586
ST Sonitpur Tezpur 1,311,6192,076632
UD Udalguri # Udalguri 831,6881,852449
Total436,84,2986,613557

# Districts within the Bodoland Territorial Region

Demographics

As per 2011 census, North Assam division has a population of 36,84,298

Languages

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

   Assamese (36.36%)
   Bengali (25.07%)
   Boro (10.57%)
   Sadri (8.54%)
   Nepali (4.98%)
   Hindi (3.42%)
  Others (11.06%)

According to 2011 census, the total number of Assamese speakers in the division were 13,39,782, Bengali speakers were 9,23,791, Boro speakers were 3,89,390, Sadri speakers were 3,14,665, Nepali speakers were 1,83,601 and Hindi speakers were 1,25,908.

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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.