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North Assam division


FieldValue
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->nameNorth Assam division
settlement_typeDivision of Assam
image_mapDivisions of Assam.svg
map_captionThe five divisions of Assam
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameIndia
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Assam
seat_typeCapital
seatTezpur
seat1_typeLargest City
seat1Tezpur
unit_prefMetric
area_total_km26,613
population_total3 684 298
population_as_of2011 census
population_density_km2auto

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.

Districts

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

CodeDistrictHeadquarterurl=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/Assam.htmltitle= District Census 2011}}Area (km2)Density (/km2)Total43 684 2986,613557
BSBiswanathBiswanath Chariali612 4911,100557
DRDarrangMangaldai928 5001,585586
STSonitpurTezpur1 311 6192,076632
UDUdalguri#Udalguri831 6881,852449

Districts within the Bodoland Territorial Region

Demographics

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

Languages

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.

References

References

  1. "Divisions | General Administration | Government of Assam, India".
  2. [[ISO 3166-2:IN. ISO 3166]]
  3. "District Census 2011".
  4. "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Assam".
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