North Assam Division
Division of Assam
The five divisions of Assam
The five divisions of Assam
Country India
StateAssam
CapitalTezpur
Largest CityTezpur
Area
 • Total6,613 km2 (2,553 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total3,684,298
 • Density560/km2 (1,400/sq mi)

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] 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# Udalguri 831,688 1,852 449
Total 4 — 36,84,298 6,613 557

# Districts within the Bodoland Territorial Region

Demographics

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

Languages

Languages spoken in North Assam Division (2011)[4]

  Assamese (36.36%)
  Bengali (25.07%)
  Boro (10.57%)
  Sadri (8.54%)
  Nepali (4.98%)
  Hindi (3.42%)
  Others (11.06%)

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

References

  1. ^ "Divisions | General Administration | Government of Assam, India".
  2. ^ ISO 3166
  3. ^ "District Census 2011".
  4. ^ "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Assam". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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