List of districts of Assam


, a northeastern state of India, is divided into 33 administrative geographical units called districts. Assam has 33 districts. Before 2015 it had 27 districts in total. On 15 August 2015, CM Tarun Gogoi formed 5 districts more, for a total of 32 districts. On 26 January 2016, 2 more districts were formed, but due to administrative infrastructure problem these districts are still non-functional. After his tenure, new CM Sarbananda Sonowal formed a new one, for a total of 33 districts.

Administration

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by the Deputy Commissioner, which combines the offices of the District Magistrate ultimately responsible for maintaining law and order and District Collector responsible for collection of the revenue. Generally, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service becomes the DC but occasionally officers belonging to the Assam Civil Service too get appointed. The DC is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state.
The districts of Assam are grouped together in five regional divisions, headed by a Commissioner. A superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues. The police administration in Guwahati City is headed by the Commissioner of Police, which started functioning from 1 January 2015.

History

During Independence, Assam had 13 districts. The districts were Cachar, Darrang, Goalpara, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Sivsagar, Jayantia parganas, Garo hills, Lushai hills, Naga hills, Sylhet and NEFA. The British India protectorate 4 princely states under Assam state were Tripura, Khasi states, Koch Bihar and Manipur. After many inclusion and exclusion during independence and later till 1972, Assam formed the present shape with its prime 7 districts. The other 6 districts curved out of Assam, Sylhet district had given to East Pakistan; Jayantia, Garo and Khasi were combined and became Meghalya State; Lushiai hills became Mizoram; Naga hills became Nagaland; NEFA became Arunachal Pradesh; the both princely states Tripura and Manipur included in Assam and later separated as state and Koch Bihar became part of West Bengal.
On 17 November 1951, United Mikir and North Cachar Hills district curved out of Golaghat, Nagaon, Cachar, Jayantia and Naga hills districts.
On 2 February 1970, Mikir Hills district curved out of North Cachar Hills.
In 1976, Dibrugarh district curved out of Lakhimpur and the Name of Mikir Hills district changed to Karbi Anglong district.
In 1983, Barpeta district curved out of Kamrup; Sonitpur district curved out of Darrang; Jorhat district curved out of Sibsagar, Dhubri district and Kokrajhar district curved out of Goalpara; Karimganj district curved out of Cachar.
On 14 August 1985, Nalbari district curved out of Kamrup.
On 15 August 1987, Golaghat district curved out of Sibsagar.
In 1989, Hailakandi district curved out of Cachar, Marigaon district curved out Nagaon, Bongaigaon district curved out of Goalpara and Kokrajhar, Tinsukia district curved out of Dibrugarh and Dhemaji district curved out of Lakhimpur.
On 3 February 2003, Kamrup Metropolitan district curved out of Kamrup.
On 1 June 2004, Baksa district curved out of Barpeta, Nalbari, and Kamrup; on 4 June Chirang district curved out of Barpeta, Bongaigaon; and Kokrajhar and On 14 June Udalguri district curved out of Darrang and Sonitpur; along with Kokrajhar district formed BTAD.
On 1 April 2010, Name of North Cachar Hills district changed to Dima Hasao.
On 15 August 2015, Tarun Gogoi, the Chief Minister of Assam, announced the formation of five new districts in the state, taking the total number from 27 to 32. The five new districts are the following: Biswanath ; Charaideo ; Hojai ; South Salmara-Mankachar ; West Karbi Anglong.
On 26 January 2016, 2 more districts were announced, but on 7 October 2016, the Govt. has withdrawn district status of East Kamrup and South Kamrup due to inadequate infrastructure. The two sub-divisions of East Kamrup district - viz. Chandrapur and Sonapur, is now part of Kamrup Metropolitan district. The sub-divisions of South Kamrup district is now part of Kamrup Rural district.
On 27 June 2016, one more district was announced by Sarbananda Sonowal, taking the total number from 32 to 33 which is Majuli. It is the first river island district of India.

Districts

The areas and populations of the 33 districts are given below:
CodeDistrictHeadquarterPopulation Area Density
BKBaksa#Mushalpur953,7732,400398
BPBarpetaBarpeta1,693,1903,245506
BSBiswanathBiswanath Chariali5,80,0001,100530
BOBongaigaonBongaigaon2,060,5501,724425
CACacharSilchar1,736,3193,786381
CDCharaideoSonari
CHChirang#Kajalgaon481,8181,468328
DRDarrangMangaldai908,0901,585432
DMDhemajiDhemaji688,0773,237176
DUDhubriDhubri1,948,6322,838576
DIDibrugarhDibrugarh1,327,7483,381347
DHDima HasaoHaflong214,1024,88844
GPGoalparaGoalpara1,008,9591,824451
GGGolaghatGolaghat1,058,6743,502270
HAHailakandiHailakandi659,2601,327409
HJHojaiHojai931,218
JOJorhatJorhat1,091,2952,851354
KMKamrup MetropolitanGuwahati1,260,4191,528820
KUKamrupAmingaon1,517,2021,527.84520
KGKarbi AnglongDiphu965,28010,43478
KRKarimganjKarimganj1,217,0021,809555
KJKokrajhar#Kokrajhar930,4043,129297
LALakhimpurNorth Lakhimpur1,040,6442,277391
MJMajuliGaramur167,304880300
MAMorigaonMorigaon957,8531,704455
NNNagaonNagaon1,892,5502,287604
NBNalbariNalbari769,9192,257504
SVSivasagarSivasagar1,150,2532,668395
STSonitpurTezpur1,925,9755,324315
SMSouth Salmara-MankacharHatsingimari555,114568980
TITinsukiaTinsukia1,316,9483,790303
UDUdalguri#Udalguri832,7691,676497
WKWest Karbi AnglongHamren3,00,3203,03599

# Districts within the Bodoland Territorial Region