List of cities in Assam by population explained

This is a list of urban agglomerations with populations above 100,000 and cities (not part of urban agglomerations) with populations of less than or equal to 100,000, as per 2011 census in the Indian state of Assam.^[1]

List of cities by population

This is a list of urban agglomerations / cities having populations of 1 lakh and above in the Indian state of Assam.

Urban Agglomerations / Cities having population 1 lakh and above^[2]
	Name	Government	District	Type*	Population 2011	Male	Female	Population below 5 yrs	Literacy rate
1	Guwahati	Municipal corporation	Kamrup Metropolitan	UA	968,549	505,542	463,007	43,537	91.12
2	Silchar	Municipal board^[3]	Cachar	UA	229,136	115,497	113,639	22,976	90.26
3	Dibrugarh	Municipal Corporation	Dibrugarh	UA	154,296	80,757	71,539	14,314	89.19
4	Jorhat	Municipal board	Jorhat	UA	153,889	78,896	74993	21,873	91.18
5	Tinsukia	Municipal board	Tinsukia	UA	126,389	67,404	58,985	12,576	89.03
6	Tezpur	Municipal board	Sonitpur	UA	102,505	52,313	50,192	9,835	90.17
UA=Urban agglomeration

Urban agglomeration

In the census of India 2011, an urban agglomeration was defined as follows:

"An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity."^[4]

Constituents of urban agglomerations in Assam

The recorded urban agglomerations of Assam, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below.^[5]

Guwahati: Guwahati (M.Corp) and Narengi (OG).
Silchar: Silchar (M.B), Silchar XI (OG), Tarapur VIII (OG), Tarapur VII (C.T), Kanakpur I (C.T), Ambicapur Part–X (C.T), Silchar Part–X (C.T), Uttar Krishnapur Part–I (C.T) and Kanakpur Part–II (C.T).
Dibrugarh: Dibrugarh (M.Corp), Mahpowalimara Gohain Gaon (OG), Tekela Chiring Gaon (OG), Niz–Mankata (C.T) and Barbari (AMC area) (C.T).
Jorhat: Jorhat (M.B), Chengeli Gaon (OG), Gohain Tekela Gaon (OG), Duliagaon (OG), Cinnamara Grant (OG), Toklai Chah Bagicha (OG), Sarbaibandha (OG), Chowdang No.1 (OG), Bohotia Gaon (OG), Sonari Gaon (OG), Kamalabaria Gaon (OG), Nakari Bamun Gaon (OG), Barbheta Chapari (OG), Kamalabaria N.C.(C.T), Kumar kaibarta Gaon (C.T) and Chekonidhara (C.T).
Nagaon: Nagaon (M.B), Chota Haibor (C.T), Dimaruguri (C.T), Morongial (C.T), Kachalukhowa (OG), Nartam Gaon (OG).
Tinsukia: Tinsukia (M.B), Lahari Kachari Gaon (OG), Hengaluguri Gaon (OG), Bajatoli Gaon (OG), Hijuguri Gaon (OG), Tinsukia Town 24 No. Sheet (OG) – Ward No. 20, Kachujan Gaon (C.T) and Bahbari Gaon (C.T).
Tezpur: Tezpur (M.B), Bamun Chuburi Gaon (OG), Dekar Gaon (OG), Prabatia Gaon (OG), Hazarpar Dekar Gaon (OG), Deuri Gaon (OG), Barika Chuburi (C.T), Majgaon (C.T) and Gutlong Gaon (C.T).

List of municipal areas in Assam

A list of municipal areas based on population classes I – III, and IV and IV+ as per Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India are tabulated below.^[6]

Population rank	Name	Type	Class	District	Population	Growth rate in %
1st	^†Guwahati	IC			968,549	91.12
2nd	^†Silchar	IC	M.B		229,136	91.05
3rd	^†Dibrugarh	IC			154,296	89.15
4th	^†Jorhat	IC			154,889	91.42
5th	^†Nagaon	IC	M.B		142,736	87.82
6th	Tinsukia	IC	M.B		126,389	89.65
7th	^†Tezpur	IC	M.B		102,505	82.01
8th	Bongaigaon	II			93,650	56.42
9th		II	M.B	Karbi Anglong	63,654	18.02
10th	^†	II	M.B		63,388	79.51
11th		II	M.B		59,793	09.03
12th		II	M.B		57,585	09.01
13th		II	M.B		55,595	07.07
14th	^†	III	M.B		53,455	08.05
15th		III	M.B		43,663	03.05
16th	^†	III			42,991	21.04
17th		III	M.B		42,972	16.04
18th		III	M.B		39,584	14.0
19th		III	M.B		36,993	56.12
20th		III	M.B		35,244	56.00
21st		III	M.B		36,803	06.06
22nd		III	M.B		36,544	02.02
23rd		III	M.B		35,281	00.06
24th		III	M.B		34,202	08.09
25th		III	M.B		33,671	12.10
26th		III	M.B		29,182	28.07
27th		III	M.B		27,608	16.0
26th		III	M.B		25,662	14.00
29th		III	M.B		21,375	07.06
30th		IV	M.B		20,097	33.05
31st		IV+	M.B		19,792	11.09
32nd		IV+	M.B		18,501	9.82
33rd		IV+	M.B		13,299	06.03
34th		IV+	C.T		10,943	8.0
(Italic text cities are also urban agglomerations). M.Corp: Municipal corporation M.B: Municipal board C.T: Census town ^† Are oldest, classified and prominent, and constantly inhabited, recognised urban centres based on the earliest years of formation of the civic bodies, before the Indian independence of 1947.^[7]

Notes and References

Web site: Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above . Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 . 2012-04-16 .
Web site: Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above . Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Ministry of Home Affairs, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India – Government of India. 2011.
Web site: Silchar Municipal Board . Silchar Municipal Board.
Web site: Urban Agglomerations and Cities . Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. 2012-04-16 .
Web site: Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above . Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. 2012-04-16 .
Web site: Report on Indian Urban Infrastructure and Services. Joint Secretary and Mission Director (JNNURM), Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. 2011.
Book: Sharma, Anil Kumar. Quit India Movement In Assam. 1 January 2007. Mittal Publications. 5 August 2016. Google Books.