Assam Districts

Assam is famous for its innate beauty, tea gardens, temples and monuments and is considered among the most beautiful places in India.

The state has a total of 33 administrative districts.

Barpeta - (Area - 3,245 km², Population -1,693,190)
Its headquarters is Barpeta. The district has 6 legislative assembly constituencies.

Bongaigaon - (Area - 2,510 km², Population - 732,639)
Its headquarters is Bongaigaon. The district has 3 subdivisions and 4 legislative assembly constituencies.

Cachar - (Area - 3,786 km², Population - 1,736,319)
Its headquarters is Silchar. The district has 7 legislative assembly constituencies.

Darrang - (Area - 3,481 km², Population - 908,090)
Its headquarters is Mangaldai. The district has 4 legislative assembly constituencies.

Dhemaji - (Area - 3,237 km², Population - 688,077)
Its headquarters is Dhemaji. The district has 2 legislative assembly constituencies

Dhubri - (Area - 2,798 km², Population - 1,948,632)
Its headquarters is Dhubur. The district has 3 subdivisions and 7 legislative assembly constituencies.

Dibrugarh - (Area - 3,381 km², Population - 1,327,748)
Its headquarters is Dibrugarh. The district has 7 legislative assembly constituencies.

Goalpara - (Area - 1,824 km², Population - 1,008,959)
Its headquarters is Goalpara. The district has 4 legislative assembly constituencies.

Golaghat - (Area - 3,502 km², Population - 1,058,674)
Its headquarters is Golaghat. The district has 4 legislative assembly constituencies.

Hailakandi - (Area - 1,327 km², Population - 659,260)
Its headquarters is Hailakandi. The district has 3 legislative assembly constituencies.

Jorhat - (Area - 2,851 km², Population - 1,091,295)
Its headquarters is Jorhat. The district has 6 legislative assembly constituencies.

Kamrup - (Area - 4,345 km², Population - 1,517,202)
Its headquarters is Guwahati. It houses the Dipor Bil Wildlife Sanctuary.

Karbi Anglong - (Area - 10,434 km², Population - 965,280)
Its headquarters is Diphu. The district has 3 subdivisions and 4 legislative assembly constituencies.

Karimganj - (Area - 1,809 km², Population - 1,217,002)
Its headquarters is Karimganj. The district has 1 subdivision and 5 legislative assembly constituencies.

Kokrajhar - (Area - 3,169 km², Population - 886,999)
Its headquarters is Kokrajhar. The district has 4 legislative assembly constituencies.

Lakhimpur - (Area - 2,277 km², Population - 1,040,644)
Its headquarters is Lakhimpur. The district has 4 legislative assembly constituencies.

Marigaon - (Area - 1,704 km², Population - 957,853)
Its headquarters is Marigaon. The district has 3 legislative assembly constituencies.

Nagaon - (Area - 3,831 km², Population - 2,826,006)
Its headquarters is Nagaon. It is the most populated district of Assam.

Nalbari - (Area - 2,257 km², Population - 769,919)
Its headquarters is Nalbari. The district has 458 small villages in total.

Dima Hasao - (Area - 4,888 km², Population - 213,529)
Its headquarters is Haflong. It is the least populated district in Assam.

Sivasagar - (Area - 2,668 km², Population - 1,150,253)
Its headquarters is Sibsagar. The district has 6 legislative assembly constituencies.

Sonitpur - (Area - 5,324 km², Population - 1,925,975)
Its headquarters is Tezpur. It is the third most populated district in Assam.

Tinsukia - (Area - 3,790 km², Population - 1,316,948)
Its headquarters is Tinsukia. The district has 5 legislative assembly constituencies.

Kamrup Metro - (Area - 1,272 km², Population - 1,260,419)
Its headquarters is Guwahati. It was created in February 2003 by splitting the previous Kamrup district.

Udalguri - (Area - 1,852 km², Population - 832,769)
Its headquarters is Udalguri. The district has 2 subdivisions and 3 legislative assembly constituencies.

Baksa - (Area - 2,400 km², Population - 953,773)
Its headquarters is Mushalpur. The district has 3 subdivisions and 3 legislative assembly constituencies.

Chirang - (Area - 1,469 km², Population - 481,818)
Its headquarters is Kajalgaon. It is the second least populated district in Assam.

List of Districts in Assam

Sr. No.	District	District HQ	Population (2011)	Growth	Sex Ratio	Literacy	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)
1	Baksa	Mushalpur	950075	10.74%	974	69.25	2008	475
2	Barpeta	Barpeta	1693622	21.43%	953	63.81	3245	632
3	Bongaigaon	Bongaigaon	738804	20.59%	966	69.74	1724	425
4	Cachar	Silchar	1736617	20.19%	959	79.34	3786	459
5	Chirang	Kajalgaon	482162	11.34%	969	63.55	1975	244
6	Darrang	Mangaldoi	928500	22.19%	954	63.08	1849	491
7	Dhemaji	Dhemaji	686133	19.97%	953	72.7	3237	213
8	Dhubri	Dhubri	1949258	24.44%	953	58.34	2838	1171
9	Dibrugarh	Dibrugarh	1326335	11.92%	961	76.05	3381	393
10	Dima Hasao	Haflong	214102	13.84%	932	77.54	4888	44
11	Goalpara	Goalpara	1008183	22.64%	964	67.37	1824	553
12	Golaghat	Golaghat	1066888	12.75%	964	77.43	3502	302
13	Hailakandi	Hailakandi	659296	21.45%	951	74.33	1327	497
14	Jorhat	Jorhat	1092256	9.31%	962	82.15	2851	383
15	Kamrup	Goroimari	1517542	15.69%	949	75.55	3480	436
16	Kamrup Metropolitan	Guwahati	1253938	18.34%	936	88.71	627	2010
17	Karbi Anglong	Diphu	956313	17.58%	951	69.25	10434	93
18	Karimganj	Karimganj	1228686	21.90%	963	78.22	1809	673
19	Kokrajhar	Kokrajhar	887142	5.21%	959	65.22	3129	280
20	Lakhimpur	North Lakhimpur	1042137	17.22%	968	77.2	2277	457
21	Morigaon	Marigaon	957423	23.34%	967	68.03	1704	618
22	Nagaon	Nagaon	2823768	22.00%	962	72.37	3831	711
23	Nalbari	Nalbari	771639	11.99%	949	78.63	1009	763
24	Sivasagar	Sibsagar	1151050	9.44%	954	80.41	2668	431
25	Sonitpur	Tezpur	1924110	15.55%	956	67.34	5324	365
26	Tinsukia	Tinsukia	1327929	15.47%	952	69.66	3790	347
27	Udalguri	Udalguri	831668	9.61%	973	65.41	1676	497
28	Biswanath	Biswanath Chariali	-	-	-	-	-	-
29	Charaideo	Sonari	-	-	-	-	-	-
30	Hojai	Sankardev Nagar	-	-	-	-	-	-
31	Majuli	Garamur	-	-	-	-	-	-
32	South Salamara-Mankachar	Hatsingimari	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	West Karbi Anglong	Hamren	-	-	-	-	-	-

Last Updated on : April 12, 2017