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List of districts of Assam

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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 35 districts.

Administration's

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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 [Divisions of Assam, 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.

History

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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 Bisha 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.

Districts

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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 Rangia 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

# Districts within the BTAD

## District under NC Hill autonomy

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "CM Tarun Gogoi announces 5 new districts in Assam on Independence Day". Daily News and Analysis. Guwahati. PTI. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Assam gets five more districts". Zee News. Guwahati. IANS. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Assam: Majuli becomes 1st river island district of India". Hindustan Times. Guwahati. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. ^ "'Bajali' to become the 34th full-fledged district of Assam". The Sentinel. Guwahati. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Assam Budget 2021: Tamulpur Proposed To Be Created As New District". www.newsdaily24.in. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (24 January 2021). "Assam Govt Forms Tamulpur As New District In State". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ Kangkan Kalita (1 January 2023). "Assam merges 4 new districts with 4 others ahead of 'delimitation' | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Protests In Assam Over Move To Merge 4 Districts With Existing Ones". NDTV.com. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Assam Cabinet decides to 'create' 4 districts". thehindu.com. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  10. ^ The Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  11. ^ "Assam merges 4 districts, redraws boundaries ahead of EC's delimitation deadline". Hindustan Times. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  12. ^ ISO 3166
  13. ^ "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in.
  14. ^ "Charaideo inaugurated as a new dist". Assam Tribune. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  15. ^ "Majuli to function as new district from today". Assam Tribune. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  16. ^ "South Salmara-Mankachar dist inaugurated". Assam Tribune. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  17. ^ "West Karbi Anglong district inaugurated". Assam Tribune. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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