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]
North Assam district comprises mainly 4 districts, namely Udalguri, Darrang, Sonitpur and Biswanath.
Code[2] | District | Headquarter | Population (2011)[3] | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BS | Biswanath | Biswanath Chariali | 612 491 | 1,100 | 557 | |
DR | Darrang | Mangaldai | 928 500 | 1,585 | 586 | |
ST | Sonitpur | Tezpur | 1 311 619 | 2,076 | 632 | |
UD | Udalguri | 831 688 | 1,852 | 449 | ||
Total | 4 | — | 3 684 298 | 6,613 | 557 |
As per 2011 census, North Assam division has a population of 3,684,298
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.