Libraries in Assam


Assam is one of the leading states in northeast where literacy and overall education is of a great concern. The educated mass in the state has resulted in increased readership. More and more schools, colleges and technical institutes are coming up in the state. With that, an inflow of students from different states can be observed. All these factors have encouraged in the growth of many Libraries in Assam. These Assam libraries help the students, professionals, service holders and book lovers to get hold of their desired books, which may be not available in the market.

The state has a Central Library, which is one important library in the state, has a total of eighty-one thousand volumes of books. These include various kinds of textbooks, reference books, and non-book materials like slides, audiotapes and videotapes. It also subscribes to a total number of about four hundred and eighty-four recent periodicals.

Some of the other leading libraries in Assam are as follows:

  • Bishnu Nirmala Childrens Library
    Latasil, Guwahati, Assam


  • District Library
    Near Dighali Pukhuri, Guwahati, Assam
    Telephone: 0361-2545344, 2543369, 2545198


  • Ambikagiri Library
    Near Dighali Pukhuri, Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam


  • Bina Library
    College Hostel Road, Panbazar, Guwahati-1, Assam
    Telephone: 0361-2544081


  • Guwahati University Library
    Jalukbari, Guwahati, Assam
    Telephone: 0361-2570529


  • Nabin Bordoloi Library
    In the vicinity of Dighali Pukhuri, Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam


  • S. K. Bhuyan Library
    Cotton College, Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam


  • K.K. Hendique Library
    Gauhati University, Jalukbari, Guwahati, Assam


  • Lie Library
    Lalmati Basitha, Guwahati, Assam


  • Marwari Hindi Pustakalaya
    Guwahati, Assam
    Telephone: 0361-2516132


  • Last Updated on 10 January 2011