North Assam Division Explained

North Assam Division
Settlement Type:Division of Assam
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Assam
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Tezpur
Seat1 Type:Largest City
Seat1:Tezpur
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:6,613
Population Total:3 684 298
Population As Of:2011 census
Population Density Km2:auto

North Assam is an administrative division of Assam under the jurisdiction of a Commissioner, who is officially stationed at Tezpur. It consists of the following districts: Udalguri, Darrang, Sonitpur and Biswanath. Shri Rakesh Kumar, IAS is the current Commissioner of this division.[1]

Districts

North Assam district comprises mainly 4 districts, namely Udalguri, Darrang, Sonitpur and Biswanath.

Code[2] DistrictHeadquarterPopulation (2011)[3] Area (km2)Density (/km2)
BSBiswanathBiswanath Chariali612 491 1,100557
DRDarrangMangaldai928 5001,585586
STSonitpurTezpur1 311 6192,076632
UDUdalguri831 6881,852449
Total43 684 2986,613557
  1. Districts within the Bodoland Territorial Region

Demographics

As per 2011 census, North Assam division has a population of 3,684,298

Languages

According to 2011 census, the total number of Assamese speakers in the division were 1,339,782, Bengali speakers were 923,791, Boro speakers were 389,390, Sadri speakers were 314,665, Nepali speakers were 183,601 and Hindi speakers were 125,908.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Divisions | General Administration | Government of Assam, India.
  2. [ISO 3166-2:IN|ISO 3166]
  3. Web site: District Census 2011.