General info

Part of:
India
Entity:
Assam
Capital:
Dispur
Population:
26,638,407 (2001-03-01)
Area:
78,438 sq.km.
ISO code:
in-18
Region:
South-central Asia

India : Assam

Administrative units

administrative units capital area (sq.km.) population
1991-03-01
census
population
2001-03-01
census
source: Census of India 2001.
source: North East India Databank.
Barpeta Barpeta 3,245 1,386,000 1,642,420
Bongaigaon Bongaigaon 2,510 808,000 906,315
Cachar Silchar 3,786 1,215,000 1,442,141
Darrang Mangaldai 3,481 1,299,000 1,503,943
Dhemaji Dhemaji 3,237 479,000 569,468
Dhubri Dhubri 2,798 1,332,000 1,634,589
Dibrugarh Dibrugarh 3,381 1,042,000 1,172,056
Goalpara Goalpara 1,824 668,000 822,306
Golaghat Golaghat 3,502 828,000 945,781
Hailakandi Hailakandi 1,327 449,000 542,978
Jorhat Jorhat 2,851 871,000 1,009,197
Kamrup Guwahati 4,345 2,000,000 2,515,030
Karbi Anglong Diphu 10,434 663,000 812,320
Karimganj Karimganj 1,809 827,000 1,003,678
Kokrajhar Kokrajhar 3,169 801,000 930,404
Lakhimpur N. Lakhimpur 2,277 752,000 889,325
Marigaon Morigaon 1,704 640,000 775,874
Nagaon Nagaon 3,831 1,893,000 2,315,387
Nalbari Nalbari 2,257 1,016,000 1,138,184
North Cachar Hills Haflong 4,888 151,000 186,189
Sibsagar Sibsagar 2,668 908,000 1,052,802
Sonitpur Tezpur 5,324 1,424,000 1,677,874
Tinsukia Tinsukia 3,790 962,000 1,150,146
total   78,438 22,414,322 26,638,407

Main cities

name population
1991-03-01
census
population
2001-03-01
census
Guwahati 584,342 808,021
Silchar 115,483 142,393
Dibrugarh 120,127 122,523
Nagaon .. 107,471
Tinsukia .. 85,519
source: Census of India 2001.