Assam – 16th largest, 15th most populous and 26th most literate state of the 28 states of the democratic Republic of India. Assam is at 14th position in life expectancy and 8th in female-to-male sex ratio. Assam is the 21st most media exposed states in India. The Economy of Assam is largely agriculture based with 69% of the population engaged in it. Growth rate of Assam's income has not kept pace with that of India's during the Post-British Era; differences increased rapidly since the 1970s.[1] While the Indian economy grew at 6 percent per annum over the period of 1981 to 2000, the same of Assam's grew only by 3.3 percent.[2]
Places adjacent to Outline of Assam | |
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Protected areas of Assam – Assam has five national parks (2.51% of State's geographical area) and 18 wildlife sanctuaries (1.88% of State's geographical area, including proposed) wildlife sanctuaries.[3][4][5]
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Districts of Assam – Assam had 27 districts till 15 August 2015 after which the Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi announced 5 more new districts taking the total no of districts to 32.[6][7] On 8 September 2016, Assam got 33rd district as Majuli (1st river island district of India)
Assam have 78 sub-divisions under 33 districts.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1951 | 8,029,000 | — |
| 1961 | 10,837,000 | +35.0% |
| 1971 | 14,625,000 | +35.0% |
| 1981 | 18,041,000 | +23.4% |
| 1991 | 22,414,000 | +24.2% |
| 2001 | 26,656,000 | +18.9% |
| 2011 | 31,169,272 | +16.9% |
| Source:Census of India[8] The 1981 Census could not be held in Assam. Total population for 1981 has been worked out by interpolation. | ||
Total population of Assam was 26.66 million with 4.91 million households in 2001.[9]
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See also: § Religion in Assam |
Religion demographics of Assam – according to the 2011 census, 61.5% were Hindus, 34.22% were Muslims.[10][11] Christian minorities (3.7%) are found among Scheduled Tribe population. Other religions followed include Jainism (0.1%), Buddhism (0.2%), Sikhism (0.1%) and Animism (amongst Khamti, Phake, Aiton etc. communities).
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See also: § Languages in Assam |
Military of India – the states of India do not have their own militaries. The government of India oversees the defense of the country and its states.
Sports in Assam
