North Assam division

Division of Assam in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

North Assam division 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]

Country India
CapitalTezpur
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North Assam division
Division of Assam
The five divisions of Assam
The five divisions of Assam
Country India
StateAssam
CapitalTezpur
Largest CityTezpur
Area
 • Total
6,613 km2 (2,553 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total
3 684 298
 • Density0.00045/km2 (0.0012/sq mi)
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Districts

North Assam district comprises mainly 4 districts, namely Udalguri, Darrang, Sonitpur and Biswanath.

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Code[2] District Headquarter Population (2011)[3] Area (km2) Density (/km2)
BSBiswanathBiswanath Chariali612 4911,100557
DRDarrangMangaldai928 5001,585586
STSonitpurTezpur1 311 6192,076632
UDUdalguri#Udalguri831 688 1,852449
Total 4 — 3 684 298 6,613 557
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# Districts within the Bodoland Territorial Region

Demographics

As per 2011 census, North Assam division has a population of 3,684,298

Languages

Languages spoken in North Assam Division (2011)[4]
  1. Assamese (36.4%)
  2. Bengali (25.1%)
  3. Boro (10.6%)
  4. Sadri (8.54%)
  5. Nepali (4.98%)
  6. Hindi (3.42%)
  7. Others (11.1%)

According to 2011 census, the total number of Assamese speakers in the division were 1,339,782, Bengali speakers were 923,791, Boro speakers were 389,390, Sadri speakers were 314,665, Nepali speakers were 183,601 and Hindi speakers were 125,908.

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