Administrative Units
Administrative Map of Assam
ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
Assam is located between 24008' N-27059' N latitude and 89042' E-96001' E longitude. Covering an area of 78, 523 sq. km. Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Bangladesh and Bhutan surround it. The state of Assam consists of 24 districts for administration. The geology has endowed the state with many hills and rivers. These have tremendous influence on the soil quality, drainage pattern, landuse, vegetation pattern, population pattern, culture, etc.
The state can be divided into three distinctive geographic parts. The first one being the long and comparatively long and narrow Brahmaputra valley or Assam valley. The river Brahmaputra flows from east to west for about 700 km within the state and has great role in the land formation, hydrology, ecology, population distribution, culture and economy of the valley and the state. The Barak, another largest river of the state has created the Barak Valley in the southern end of the state. Barail range and Karbi Plateau has separated these two river systems.
Assam, is divided into 32 administrative geographical units called districts. On August 15 2015, Tarun Gogoi, the Chief Minister of Assam, announced the formation of five new districts in the state, taking the total number from 27 to 32. The five new districts are Biswanath (carved out of Sonitpur), Charaideo (of Sivasagar), Hojai (of Nagaon), South Salmara-Mankachar (of Dhubri) and West Karbi Anglong (of Karbi Anglong).The areas and populations of the 32 districts are given below:
|
Code
|
District
|
Headquarter
|
Population (2011)
|
Area (km²)
|
Density (/km²)
|
|
BA
|
Barpeta
|
Barpeta
|
1,693,190
|
3,245
|
506
|
|
BO
|
Bongaigaon
|
Bongaigaon
|
2,060,550
|
1,724
|
425
|
|
CA
|
Cachar
|
Silchar
|
1,736,319
|
3,786
|
381
|
|
DA
|
Darrang
|
Mangaldai
|
908,090
|
3,481
|
432
|
|
DM
|
Dhemaji
|
Dhemaji
|
688,077
|
3,237
|
176
|
|
DB
|
Dhubri
|
Dhubri
|
1,948,632
|
2,838
|
576
|
|
DI
|
Dibrugarh
|
Dibrugarh
|
1,327,748
|
3,381
|
347
|
|
GP
|
Goalpara
|
Goalpara
|
1,008,959
|
1,824
|
451
|
|
GG
|
Golaghat
|
Golaghat
|
1,058,674
|
3,502
|
270
|
|
HA
|
Hailakandi
|
Hailakandi
|
659,260
|
1,327
|
409
|
|
JO
|
Jorhat
|
Jorhat
|
1,091,295
|
2,851
|
354
|
|
KA
|
Karbi Anglong
|
Diphu
|
965,280
|
10,434
|
78
|
|
KR
|
Karimganj
|
Karimganj
|
1,217,002
|
1,809
|
555
|
|
KK
|
Kokrajhar#
|
Kokrajhar
|
930,404
|
3,129
|
297
|
|
LA
|
Lakhimpur
|
North Lakhimpur
|
1,040,644
|
2,277
|
391
|
|
MA
|
Morigaon
|
Morigaon
|
957,853
|
1,704
|
455
|
|
NG
|
Nagaon
|
Nagaon
|
2,826,007
|
3,831
|
604
|
|
NL
|
Nalbari
|
Nalbari
|
769,919
|
2,257
|
504
|
|
NC
|
Dima Hasao
|
Haflong
|
213,529
|
4,888
|
38
|
|
SI
|
Sivasagar
|
Sivasagar
|
1,150,253
|
2,668
|
395
|
|
SO
|
Sonitpur
|
Tezpur
|
1,925,975
|
5,324
|
315
|
|
TI
|
Tinsukia
|
Tinsukia
|
1,316,948
|
3,790
|
303
|
| |
Kamrup
|
Amingaon
|
1,517,202
|
|
|
| |
Kamrup Metropolitan
|
Guwahati
|
1,260,419
|
|
|
| |
Baksa#
|
Mushalpur
|
953,773
|
2,400
|
398
|
| |
Udalguri#
|
Udalguri
|
832,769
|
1,676
|
497
|
| |
Chirang#
|
Kalaigaon
|
481,818
|
1,468
|
328
|
| |
West Karbi Anglong
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Biswanath district
|
Bishwanath Chariali
|
|
|
|
| |
Hojai
|
Hojai
|
|
|
|
| |
Charaideo
|
Sonari
|
|
|
|
| |
South Salmara-Mankachar
|
Hatsingimari
|
|
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· #Districts under Bodoland Territorial Council