Assam

Assam

Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...

, a state

States and territories of India

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 of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, has twenty-seven administrative districts.
A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by the Deputy Commissioner (DC), which combines the offices of the District Magistrate ultimately responsible for maintaining law and order and District Collector responsible for collection the revenue. Generally, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service

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 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.

A superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to Indian Police Service

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 is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues.

The twenty seven districts of Assam state are:

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)86	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)	Map
BA	Barpeta Barpeta District Barpeta district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Barpeta. The district occupies an area of 3245 km² and has a population of 1,642,420 .-History:...	Barpeta Barpeta Barpeta is the headquarters of Barpeta district, Assam, India. The city is located about north west of Guwahati.Barpeta is renowned in the Historical map of Assam as the "Land of the Satras"...	1,693,190	3,245	506
BO	Bongaigaon	Bongaigaon Bongaigaon Bongaigaon is the district headquarters of Bongaigaon District, Assam, India. The city is situated north west of Guwahati.It is a very developing City in Lower Assam. It has two parts - Old Bongaigaon and New Bongaigaon. Bongaigaon is predominantly inhabited by the Koch Rajbongshi Community which...	732,639	2,510	361
CA	Cachar	Silchar Silchar Silchar is the headquarters of Cachar district in the state of Assam in India. It is the economic gateway to the state of Mizoram and part of Manipur. It is south east of Guwahati. The city of Silchar has tremendous commercial importance and is the second largest city in the state of Assam...	1,736,319	3,786	381
DA	Darrang	Mangaldai	908,090	3,481	432
DM	Dhemaji Dhemaji District Dhemaji district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Dhemaji. The district occupies an area of 3237 km² and has a population of 571,944...	Dhemaji Dhemaji Dhemaji is the headquarters of Dhemaji district, Assam, India. It is one of the remotest districts of Assam. From the State Capital , it takes about 10 hours by road to reach Dhemaji. Dhemaji is a very flood-prone district. For a few days it remains cut off from the rest of the country every year...	688,077	3,237	176
DB	Dhubri Dhubri District Dhubri District is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Dhubri town which is situated at ~290 km from Guwahati, the state capital. This was also the headquarters of erstwhile Goalpara district which was created in 1876 by the...	Dhubri Dhubri Dhubri is the headquarters of Dhubri district India. It is a small old town on the bank of the Brahmaputra and Gadadhar Rivers. In 1883, the town was first constituted as a Municipal Board and is situated about west from Guwahati, the state capital.Dhubri was an important commercial centre and...	1,948,632	2,838	576
DI	Dibrugarh Dibrugarh district Dibrugarh is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Dibrugarh city. The district occupies an area of 3381 km².-Etymology:...	Dibrugarh Dibrugarh Dibrugarh is the headquarters of Dibrugarh district, Assam, India, and is the second largest city in Assam after Guwahati. It is situated on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, about north-east of Guwahati. It is the gateway to the three tea-producing districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, and Sibsagar...	1,327,748	3,381	347
GP	Goalpara Goalpara District Goalpara district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located in Goalpara town.-History:...	Goalpara Goalpara Goalpara is the district headquarter of Goalpara district, Assam, India. It is situated west of Guwahati.-Etymology:The name of Goalpara is said to have originally derived from `Gwaltippika` meaning `Guwali village` or the village of the milk men. In the local dialect "para" means...	1,008,959	1,824	451
GG	Golaghat Golaghat District Golaghat district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. It attained district status in 1987. The district headquarters are located at Golaghat. The district occupies an area of 3502 km² and lies 100 m above sea level. As of 2001, Golaghat district has a population of...	Golaghat Golaghat Golaghat , which was one of the largest subdivisions of Assam later, elevated to the position of a full-fledged district of Assam on 15 August 1987, is the headquarters of Golaghat district and is a sister town to Jorhat which is about 55 km away....	1,058,674	3,502	270
HA	Hailakandi Hailakandi district Hailakandi district was one of the 27 districts of Assam state in north-eastern India. It was constituted as a civil subdivision on 1 June 1869. Subsequently, it was upgraded to district in 1989, when it was split from Cachar district...	Hailakandi Hailakandi Hailakandiis a town and a district in Hailakandi district in the Indian state of Assam.The Hailakandi district is one of the three districts of Southern Assam i.e. Barak Valley.-Geography:...	659,260	1,327	409
JO	Jorhat Jorhat district Jorhat district is one of the twenty-seven districts of Assam state in north-eastern India. Jorhat town is the district headquarters.-History:...	Jorhat Jorhat Jorhat is a city of Assam in India. Jorhat was established as a new capital in the closing years of the 18th century by the declining Tunkhungia Ahom Dynasty. Jorhat, as the name signifies, was just a couple of markets . Two parallel markets namely, Chowkihat and Macharhat, lay on the eastern...	1,091,295	2,851	354
KA	Karbi Anglong	Diphu Diphu Diphu is the headquarters of Karbi Anglong district in the state of Assam in India.-Geography:Diphu is located at . It has an average elevation of 186 metres . It is about 270 km by road and 213 km by railways from Guwahati, State capital of Assam.-Demographics: India census, Diphu...	965,280	10,434	78
KR	Karimganj Karimganj district Karimganj District is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Karimganj.-Early period:...	Karimganj Karimganj Karimganj Town is a town in the Karimganj District of the Indian state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarter and main town of the district.-Geography:...	1,217,002	1,809	555
KK	Kokrajhar Kokrajhar district Kokrajhar district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in north-eastern India. The district headquarters are located at Kokrajhar town. The district occupies an area of 3,169.22 km². , the district had a population of 905,764. Hindus 594,168, Muslims 184,441.-History:Kokrajhar...	Kokrajhar Kokrajhar Kokrajhar is a city in Bodoland Territorial Council, Assam, one of the North East States and territories of India.Kokrajhar city is located along the bank of Gourang River. The North East Indian Railways divides the city into two sides, north and the south...	930,404	3,129	297
LA	Lakhimpur Lakhimpur district Lakhimpur is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at North Lakhimpur.- History :...	Lakhimpur	1,040,644	2,277	391
MA	Marigaon Marigaon district Marigaon district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Marigaon. The district occupies an area of 1,550 km² and has a population of 957,853 of which males and females are 485,328 and 472,525 respectively.The ancient place of...	Marigaon Marigaon Marigaon is a town of town area committee and the district headquarter of Marigaon district in the Indian state of Assam.-Demographics: India census, Marigaon had a population of 20,807. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Marigaon has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher...	957,853	1,704	455
NG	Nagaon Nagaon district Nagaon is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. As of 2011 it is the most populous district of Assam .-History:...	Nagaon Nagaon Nagaon , is a medium sized city and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated east of Guwahati. An older spelling of the name is Nowgong.It is one of the fastest growing cities of the northeast.-History:...	2,826,006	3,831	604
NL	Nalbari Nalbari district Nalbari is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Nalbari.-History:The district was created on 14 August 1985 when it was split from Kamrup district...	Nalbari Nalbari Nalbari is a city and a municipal board in Nalbari district in the Indian state of Assam. Nalbari is headquarter of Nalbari District.-Education:...	769,919	2,257	504
NC	Dima Hasao	Haflong Haflong Haflong is a town and headquarters of Dima Hasao District [Formerly Known as North Cachar Hills] district in India in the state of Assam.It is adoringly called the 'Switzerland of the East'. Haflong is a quaint hill station breath takingly beautiful,garlanded by the hills and an unending saga...	213,529	4,888	38
SI	Sibsagar Sibsagar district Sibsagar district -- also known as Sivasagar -- is one of the 27 districts of Assam state in north-eastern India. Sibsagar city is the administrative headquarters of this district.-History:...	Sibsagar Sibsagar Sivasagar is a town in the Sibsagar district in the state of Assam in India, about north east of Guwahati....	1,150,253	2,668	395
SO	Sonitpur Sonitpur Sonitpur is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Tezpur. As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Assam , after Nagaon and Dhubri.-Etymology:...	Tezpur Tezpur Tezpur is a city and the administrative headquarters and municipal board of Sonitpur district in the state of Assam in northeastern India. Tezpur is an ancient city on the banks of the river Brahmaputra and is the largest of the north bank towns with a population exceeding 100,000...	1,925,975	5,324	315
TI	Tinsukia Tinsukia district Tinsukia district is one of the 27 administrative districts in the state of Assam, India. The district headquarters are located at Tinsukia. Tinsukia district occupies an area of , comparatively equivalent to South Georgia.- History :...	Tinsukia Tinsukia Tinsukia is a city and a municipal board in Tinsukia district, Assam, India.Tinsukia is a business city in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated north east of Guwahati and kilometres away from the border with Arunachal Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Tinsukia District of...	1,316,948	3,790	303
	Kamrup Kamrup Kamrup district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India, named after Kamarupa, a name by which Assam was previously known in ancient times. The district, however, is now a small western part of Assam, with a distinctive native Kamrupi culture and dialect . The distinctive...		1,517,202
	Kamrup Metropolitan Kamrup Metropolitan district Kamrup Metropolitan is one of the 27 districts in Assam state in north-eastern India.-Geography:Administrative headquarters of Kamrup Metropolitan district is at Guwahati city...		1,260,419
	Baksa Baksa district -History:Baksa was notified as a district in October 2003 while it started functioning from 1 June 2004 when Dr Anwaruddin Choudhury of the Assam Civil Service took charge as its founder Deputy Commissioner...		953,773
	Udalguri Udalguri district Udalguri district is one of the 27 districts of Assam state in north-eastern India. Udalguri town is the headquarters of the district.-Etymology:...		832,769
	Chirang		481,818