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:36,84,298
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
Total436,84,2986,613557
  1. Districts within the Bodoland Territorial Region

Demographics

As per 2011 census, North Assam division has a population of 36,84,298

Languages

According to 2011 census, the total number of Assamese speakers in the division were 13,39,782, Bengali speakers were 9,23,791, Boro speakers were 3,89,390, Sadri speakers were 3,14,665, Nepali speakers were 1,83,601 and Hindi speakers were 1,25,908.

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.