Outline of Assam

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Location of Assam in India
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Assam:

Assam16th largest, 15th most populous and 26th most literate state of the 29 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.[1] 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.[2]

General reference[edit]

Geography of Assam[edit]

Physical geography of Assam

Location[edit]

Environment of Assam[edit]

Natural geographic features of Assam[edit]

Protected areas of Assam[edit]

Protected areas of Assam – Assam has five national parks (2.51% of State’s geographical area) and 18 wildlife sanctuaries (1.88% of State’s geographical area, including proposed) wildlife sanctuaries.[3][4][5]

National Parks in Assam[edit]
Wildlife sanctuaries in Assam[edit]

Regions of Assam[edit]

Regions of Assam

Administrative divisions of Assam[edit]

List of districts along with the district headquarters[edit]
Districts of Assam

Districts of Assam – Assam had 27 districts till 15 August 2015 after which the Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi announced 5 more new districts taking the total no of districts to 32.[6][7]

Urban centers in Assam[edit]
Municipalities in Assam[edit]

Demographics of Assam[edit]

People of Assam

Population demographics[edit]

District-wise Demographic Characteristics in 2001
Population Growth 
Census Pop.
1951 8,029,000
1961 10,837,000 35.0%
1971 14,625,000 35.0%
1981 18,041,000 23.4%
1991 22,414,000 24.2%
2001 26,656,000 18.9%
2011 31,169,272 16.9%
Source:Census of India[8]
The 1981 Census could not be held
in Assam. Total population for 1981
has been worked out by interpolation.

Total population of Assam was 26.66 million with 4.91 million households in 2001.[9]

Religion demographics[edit]

See also: #Religion in Assam





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Religion in Assam (2011)[10]

  Hinduism (61.46%)
  Islam (34.22%)
  Christianity (3.73%)
  Buddhism (0.17%)
  Jainism (0.08%)
  Sikhism (0.06%)
  Other or not religious (0.3%)

According to the 2011 census, 61.5% were Hindus, 34.22% were Muslims.[10][11] Christian minorities (3.7%) are found among Scheduled Tribe population. Other religions followed include Jainism (0.1%), Buddhism (0.2%), Sikhism (0.1%) and Animism (amongst Khamti, Phake, Aiton etc. communities).

Language demographics[edit]




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Languages of Assam in 2001[12][13][14]

  Assamese (48.8%)
  Bengali (27.5%)
  Bodo (4.8%)
  Hindi (5.88%)
  Nepali (2.12%)
  Mishing (1.9%)
  Karbi (1.5%)
  Other (8.5%)

Government and politics of Assam[edit]

Politics of Assam

Union government in Assam[edit]

Branches of the government of Assam[edit]

Government of Assam

Executive branch of the government of Assam[edit]

Legislative branch of the government of Assam[edit]

Judicial branch of the government of Assam[edit]

Law in Assam[edit]

Military in Assam[edit]

Military of India – the states of India do not have their own militaries. The government of India oversees the defense of the country and its states.

History of Assam[edit]

History of Assam

History of Assam, by period[edit]

Prehistoric Assam[edit]

Ancient Assam[edit]

Medieval Assam[edit]

Colonial Assam[edit]

Contemporary Assam[edit]

History of Assam, by region[edit]

History of Assam, by subject[edit]

Culture of Assam[edit]

Culture of Assam

Art in Assam[edit]

7th–8th century specimen of Assamese (Kamrupi) literature

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Dance of Assam[edit]

Literature of Assam[edit]

Assamese literature

Music of Assam[edit]

Music of Assam

Festivities in Assam[edit]

Festivals in Assam[edit]

Fairs in Assam[edit]

Languages in Assam[edit]

People of Assam[edit]

People of Assam

Notable surnames in Assam[edit]

Religion in Assam[edit]

Religion in Assam

Hinduism in Assam[edit]

Further information: Hinduism in India

Sports in Assam[edit]

Sports in Assam

Economy and infrastructure of Assam[edit]

Economy of Assam

Education in Assam[edit]

Education in Assam

Health in Assam[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ UNDP 2004 p22-23
  2. ^ UNDP 2004 p22
  3. ^ "AREA OF THE NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES IN ASSAM, 2003" (PDF). Chief Conservator of Forest (WL), Assam. Retrieved 2013-06-17. 
  4. ^ "Department of Environment & Forests (Government of Assam)". Assamforest.in. Retrieved 2013-06-17. 
  5. ^ "Important Bird Areas in India - Assam" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-06-17. 
  6. ^ "List of districts of Assam". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 2015-11-21. 
  7. ^ "CM Tarun Gogoi announces 5 new districts in Assam on Independence Day | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. Retrieved 2015-11-21. 
  8. ^ "Census Population" (PDF), Census of India, Ministry of Finance India, archived (PDF) from the original on 19 December 2008, retrieved 18 December 2008 
  9. ^ Government of Assam 2002–03. "Statistics of Assam". Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2007. 
  10. ^ a b "Population by religion community - 2011". Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. 
  11. ^ "Census 2011 data rekindles 'demographic invasion' fear in Assam". 
  12. ^ "Distribution of the 22 Scheduled Languages". Census of India. Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2014. 
  13. ^ "Census Reference Tables, A-Series - Total Population". Census of India. Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2014. 
  14. ^ [1] Census 2011 Non scheduled languages