General Information

 

 

State Capital: Dispur.

 

Bordering states/countries:

 

East

Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Myanmar

West

West Bengal, Meghalaya, Bangladesh

North

Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan

South

Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura

 

Longitude: 89.420E to 96.00E

 

Latitude: 24.50N to 28.00N

 

Districts: Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Baksa, Goalpara, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup (M), Kamrup (R), Darrang, Udalguri, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Karbi Anglong, N.C. Hills, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Cachar.

 

Major towns: Guwahati, Dhubri,Goalpara, Barpeta, Dibrugarh, North Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Diphu, Tinsukia, Jorhat, Tezpur, Nagaon, Sivasagar, Silchar etc.

 

District-wise Demographic Profile of Assam, 2001 Census:

 

Sl. No.

District

Area in Sq. Km. (2001 Census)

Population

Rural Population

Urban Population

Population Density per Sq. Km.

1.

Dhubri

2114

1532383

1339940

192443

725

2.

Bongaigaon

1725

621136

523922

97214

360

3.

Kokrajhar*

3165

842805

791304

51501

266

4.

Chirang*

1975

411058

386050

25008

208

5.

Baksa*

2008

849352

849352

-

423

6.

Goalpara

1824

822035

755133

66902

451

7.

Barpeta

2677

1408749

1281881

126868

526

8.

Nalbari

1010

701133

673647

27486

694

9.

Kamrup (M)

1273

1062771

206554

856217

834

10.

Kamrup (R)

2772

1308505

1256505

52000

472

11.

Darrang

1427

792614

750911

41703

555

12.

Udalguri*

1674

752621

719496

33125

450

13.

Sonitpur

5320

1668998

1493204

175794

314

14.

Lakhimpur

2277

889010

823857

65153

390

15.

Dhemaji

3237

571944

533112

38832

177

16.

Morigaon

1551

776256

738268

37988

500

17.

Nagaon

3973

2314629

2036342

278287

583

18.

Golaghat

3502

946279

865141

81138

270

19.

Jorhat

2851

999221

827901

171320

350

20.

Sivasagar

2668

1051736

954557

97179

394

21.

Dibrugarh

3381

1185072

956634

228438

351

22.

Tinsukia

3790

1150062

926105

223957

303

23.

Karbi Anglong

10434

813311

721381

91930

78

24.

N.C. Hills

4888

188079

128644

59435

38

25.

Karimganj

1809

1007976

934126

73850

557

26.

Hailakandi

1327

542872

498787

44085

409

27.

Cachar

3786

1444921

1243534

201387

382

Assam

78438

26655528

23216288

3439240

340

* Estimated Population by Deptt. of Economic & Statistics, Bodoland as per Census of India, 2001

Source: Economic Survey Assam 2010-11

 

Population Trends in Assam and India:

 

Year Population (in Lakh) Percentage Decadal Variation Density (Person per Sq. Km.)
Assam India Assam India Assam India
1901 33 2384 - - 42 77
1911 38 2521 17.0 5.8 49 82
1921 46 2513 20.5 0.3 59 81
1931 56 2789 19.9 11.0 71 90
1941 67 3186 20.4 14.2 85 103
1951 80 3611 19.9 13.3 102 117
1961 108 4392 35.0 21.5 138 142
1971 146 5481 35.0 24.8 186 177
1981 180* 6833 23.4* 24.7 230* 230
1991 224 8463 24.2 23.9 286. 267
2001 266 10270 18.9 21.5 340 325
2011(P) 312 12102 16.9 17.6 397 382

P- Provisional. * Interpolated.

Source: Economic Survey Assam 2010-11

 

Distribution of Population by Scheduled Languages in Assam:

 

Sl. No.

Mother Languages

Total Population

Percentage of Population

1

Assamese

13010478

53.08

2

Bengali

7343338

29.96

3

Hindi

1569662

6.40

4

Bodo

1296162

5.29

5

Nepali

564790

2.30

6

Santali

242886

0.99

7

Oriya

231474

0.94

8

Manipuri

154059

0.63

9

Others

100082

0.41

All Total (Assam)

24512931

100.00

Source: Economic Survey Assam 2010-11

 

District wise Towns, Sub Divisions, C.D. Blocks, Zila Parishads, Anchalik Panchayats, Goan Panchayats and Villages in Assam:

 

Sl. No.

District

Towns (2001 Census)

Sub-Division

(2007)

C.D. Block (March, 2007)

Zilla Parishad

Anchalik Panchayats

Gaon Panchayats

No of Villages (2001 Census)

Gazette Notification on March, 2007

Total

Inhabited

1.

Dhubri*

8

3

15

1

15

168

1062

1016

2.

Kokrajhar*

3

3

4

-

-

-

1064

1014

3.

Bongaigaon*

4

2

5

1

5

65

626

593

4.

Chirang*

2

1

2

-

-

-

412

409

5.

Baksa*

-

2

7

-

-

-

698

692

6.

Goalpara

3

1

8

1

8

81

837

761

7.

Barpeta*

7

2

11

1

11

129

851

834

8.

Nalbari*

2

1

7

1

7

65

478

449

9.

Kamrup (M)*

7

1

-

-

-

14

230

230

10.

Kamrup (R)*

2

2

16

1

16

146

1063

1012

11.

Darrang

2

1

6

1

6

76

584

571

12.

Udalguri*

2

2

5

-

-

-

810

801

13.

Sonitpur*

6

3

14

1

14

158

1851

1765

14.

Lakhimpur

2

2

9

1

9

81

1170

1139

15.

Dhemaji

3

2

5

1

5

65

1315

1236

16.

Morigaon

2

1

5

1

7

85

636

592

17.

Nagaon

10

3

18

1

20

139

1420

1375

18.

Golaghat

6

3

8

1

8

102

1089

1066

19.

Jorhat

7

3

8

1

8

110

853

787

20.

Sivasagar

5

3

9

1

9

118

878

866

21.

Dibrugarh

9

1

7

1

7

93

1345

1309

22.

Tinsukia

10

3

7

1

7

86

1146

1107

23.

Karbi Anglong

6

3

11

-

-

-

2931

2633

24.

N.C. Hills

4

2

5

-

-

-

645

605

25.

Karimganj

3

1

7

1

7

96

940

915

26.

Hailakandi

3

1

5

1

5

62

331

327

27.

Cachar

7

2

15

1

15

163

1047

1020

Assam

125

54

219

20

189

2202

26312

25124

* Provisional figure for Area, Population, Village and Towns.

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2010

 

Some Important Characteristics of Assam’s Population (2001 census):

 

Information on

Highest among the districts

Lowest among the districts

Total Population

Kamrup

25,22,324

North Cachar Hills

1,88,079

Total Rural Population

Nagaon

20,36,342

North Cachar Hills

1,28,644

Total Urban Population

Kamrup

9,08,217

Nalbari

27,486

Percentage of population growth (1991-2001)

Kamrup

26.11

Kokrajhar

12.00

Literacy Rates

Total

Jorhat

76.33

Dhubri

48.21

Rural

Jorhat

74.07

Dhubri

43.90

Urban

Karimganj

90.37

Goalpara

76.65

Sex ratio

Goalpara

956

North Cachar Hills

884

Density

Dhubri

585

North Cachar Hills

38

Source: Economic Survey of Assam, 2010-11

 

Birth, Death, Natural Growth Rate and Infant Mortality Rates of Assam and India (Per Mille):

 

Year

Birth Rate

Death Rate

Natural Growth Rate

Infant Mortality Rate

Assam

India

Assam

India

Assam

India

Assam

India

2001

27.0

25.4

9.6

8.4

17.4

17.0

74

66

2002

26.6

25.0

9.2

8.1

17.4

16.9

70

63

2003

26.3

24.8

9.1

8.0

17.2

16.8

67

60

2004

25.1

24.1

8.8

7.5

16.3

16.6

66

58

2005

25.0

23.8

8.7

7.6

16.3

16.3

68

58

2006

24.6

23.5

8.7

7.5

15.9

16.0

67

57

2007

24.3

23.1

8.6

7.4

15.7

15.7

66

55

2008 23.9 22.8 8.6 7.4 15.4 15.4 64 53
2009 23.9 22.5 8.4 7.3 15.2 15.2 61 50

Source: Economic Survey of Assam, 2010-11

 

Birth and Death Rates in Assam:

 

Year

Birth Rate

Death Rate

Combined

Rural

Uraban

Combined

Rural

Uraban

1991

30.9

31.7

21.3

11.5

11.8

6.9

1995

29.3

30.2

21.8

9.6

10.0

6.7

1996

27.6

28.9

20.7

9.6

10.2

5.8

1997

28.2

29.0

20.7

9.9

10.3

5.9

1998

27.9

28.7

20.2

10.0

10.5

6.0

1999

27.0

28.0

18.9

9.7

10.1

6.2

2000

26.9

27.9

18.6

9.6

10.0

6.1

2001

26.8

27.8

15.5

9.5

9.8

6.6

2002

26.6

27.5

18.3

9.2

9.6

6.0

2003

26.3

27.2

18.0

9.1

9.5

5.9

2004

25.1

27.0

14.3

8.8

9.3

5.5

2005

25.0

26.6

15.3

8.7

9.2

5.6

2006

24.6

26.1

15.4

8.7

9.2

5.8

2007

24.3

25.7

15.5

8.6

9.1

5.7

2008 23.9 25.3 15.7 8.6 9.0 5.6
2009 23.6 24.9 15.9 8.4 8.8 5.9

Source: Economic Survey Assam 2010-11

 

Infant Mortality Rate in Assam India:

 

Year Rural Urban Total
Assam India Assam India Assam India
2001 77 72 34 42 74 66
2002 73 69 38 40 70 64
2003 70 66 35 38 67 60
2004 69 64 38 40 66 58
2005 71 64 39 40 68 58
2006 70 62 42 39 67 57
2007 68 61 41 37 66 55
2008 66 58 39 36 64 53
2009 64 55 37 34 61 50

Source: Economic Survey Assam 2010-11

 

District wise Number of Birth and Deaths Registered during Assam 2009:

 

District

Current Year Registration Delayed Registration Total
Birth Death Birth Death Birth Death

Dhubri

27629 3631 3415 965 31044 4596

Kokrajhar

16789 1792 2567 804 19356 2596

Bongaigaon

21325 2960 2627 1360 23952 4320

Goalpara

16557 2148 2475 292 19032 2440

Barpeta

28765 3584 3565 952 32330 4536

Nalbari

18763 3399 6540 1204 25303 4603

Kamrup

45818 8057 1910 1311 47728 9368

Darrang

30364 4067 4399 1712 34763 5779

Sonitpur

36786 4058 2356 606 40042 4664

Lakhimpur

12345 3053 1371 415 13716 3468

Dhemaji

11213 3665 1540 547 12753 4212

Morigaon

15224 1636 2132 636 17356 2272

Nagaon

36763 4401 7529 2167 44292 6568

Golaghat

15330 2866 1894 182 17224 3048

Jorhat

17660 3175 1962 1945 19622 5120

Sivasagar

17344 1868 1508 184 18852 2052

Dibrugarh

25026 6124 4074 996 29100 7120

Tinsukia

28284 5124 2640 240 30924 5364

Karbi Anglong

17897 984 1437 628 19334 1612

Dima - Hasao

3987 1298 564 321 4551 1619

Karimganj

22324 1941 3658 955 25982 2896

Hailakandi

13555 1128 550 1092 14105 2220

Cachar

33450 6867 4335 1825 37785 8692

Assam

513198 77826 65948 21339 579146 99165

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2010

 

District-wise Number of Main Workers, Marginal Workers and Non-workers in Assam, as per 2001 Census:

 

Sl. No.

District

Total Workers

Main Workers

Marginal Workers

Non-Workers

Cultivation Agricultural Labourers Household Industries Workers Other Workers

1.

Dhubri

Total

470360

399201

71159

1166984

174991 111890 17420 166059
Male 405674 373236 40497 435370 157069 93863 10759 143983
Female 64686 34024 30662 731614 17922 18027 6661 22076

2.

Kokrajhar

Total

334849

234771

100078

570915

143833 75441 12035 103540
Male 314081 184239 39678 242274 95633 45888 4978 77418
Female 20768 50532 60400 328641 48200 29553 7057 26122

3.

Bongaigaon

Total

293243

233087

60156

611592

113791 51972 8940 118540
Male 225300 200644 24656 239940 86876 34221 4113 100090
Female 67943 32443 35500 371652 26915 17751 4827 18450

4.

Goalpara

Total

273925

209928

63997

548110

101107 50105 12879 109834
Male 202612 178306 24306 217639 78082 32415 4197 87918
Female 71313 31622 39691 330471 23025 17690 8682 21916

5.

Barpeta

Total

517088

408537

108551

1130113

209834 81292 27435 197890
Male 404737 362251 42486 443841 175155 60311 10531 158740
Female 112351 46286 66065 686272 34679 21618 16904 39150

6.

Nalbari

Total

383932

291665

92267

764892

146246 53781 22135 161770
Male 284733 245757 38976 307642 110866 34173 6823 132871
Female 99199 45908 53291 457250 35380 19608 15312 28899

7.

Kamrup

Total

842253

697810

144443

1680071

207262 75974 46758 512259
Male 666968 600299 66678 660013 167429 49580 16747 433212
Female 175285 97520 77765 1020058 39833 26394 30011 79047

8.

Darrang

Total

527993

404428

123565

976327

239532 81050 17543 189868
Male 386420 343108 43312 387441 183636 54585 7322 140877
Female 141573 61320 80253 588886 55896 26465 10221 48991

9.

Sonitpur

Total

634723

465283

169440

1046790

214315 82013 18662 319733
Male 438909 373236 65673 432659 154183 44565 7305 232856
Female 195814 92047 103767 614131 60132 37448 11357 86877

10.

Lakhimpur

Total

497745

288052

209693

391265

338303 34713 12042 112687
Male 281652 204780 76872 174039 174826 16594 3617 86615
Female 216093 83272 132821 217226 163477 18119 8425 26072

11.

Dhemaji

Total

250146

155431

94715

321798

182297 18208 6811 42830
Male 145668 113429 32239 148975 100915 7826 2119 34808
Female 104478 42002 62476 172823 81382 10382 4692 8022

12.

Morigaon

Total

262824

200132

62692

513432

138083 51855 8661 64225
Male 200430 176782 23648 198496 108200 35728 2742 53760
Female 62394 23350 39044 314936 29883 16127 5919 10465

13.

Nagaon

Total

727641

566195

161446

1586988

279394 144699 24424 279124
Male 586631 502619 84012 604319 231238 114307 10858 230228
Female 141010 63576 77434 982669 48156 30392 13566 48869

14.

Golaghat

Total

388640

269896

118744

557639

176037 40126 10931 161546
Male 250881 206400 44481 239405 111125 20411 4043 115302
Female 137759 63496 74263 318234 64912 19715 6888 46244

15.

Jorhat

Total

414348

285092

129256

584873

156646 32374 17593 207735
Male 272061 218604 53457 244954 90749 15893 6163 159256
Female 142287 66488 75799 339919 65897 16481 11430 48479

16.

Sivasagar

Total

430523

287319

143204

321213

152422 29810 13093 235198
Male 280084 217934 62150 265392 89430 15283 5527 169844
Female 150439 69385 810554 355821 62992 14527 7566 65354

17.

Dibrugarh

Total

472419

242708

129711

712653

137008 35862 10660 288889
Male 307422 252116 55306 306133 79019 18085 4672 205646
Female 164997 90592 74405 406520 57989 17777 5988 83243

18.

Tinsukia

Total

466351

349847

116504

683711

145476 28806 8627 283442
Male 304459 253209 51250 296640 84061 15088 4144 201166
Female 161892 96638 65254 387071 61415 13718 4483 82276

19.

Karbi Anglong

Total

330480

231638

98842

482831

193879 45462 12275 78864
Male 206808 173045 33763 215442 122555 20550 3521 60182
Female 123672 58593 65079 267389 71324 24912 8754 18682

20.

N.C. Hills

Total

70199

35031

15168

117880

34305 3461 1704 30729
Male 48524 43074 5450 51298 20698 1933 560 25333
Female 21675 11957 9718 66582 13607 1528 1144 5396

21.

Karimganj

Total

303294

235016

68278

704682

75960 45735 13679 167920
Male 246077 207854 38223 271603 68207 37066 5097 135707
Female 57217 27162 30055 433079 7753 8669 8582 32213

22.

Hailakandi

Total

179881

138216

41665

362991

62747 25690 5728 85716
Male 136510 116620 19890 144003 52114 18961 1938 63497
Female 43371 21596 21775 218988 10633 6729 3790 2219

23.

Cachar

Total

465734

364814

100920

979187

107305 62576 14877 280976
Male 364483 309558 54925 378559 92002 45182 6126 221173
Female 101251 55256 45995 600628 15303 17394 8751 59803

Assam

Total

9538591

7114097

2424494

17116937

3730773 1263532 344912 4199374
Male 6870960 5849032 1021928 6906077 2634068 832508 133902 3270482
Female 2667631 1265065 1402566 10210860 1096705 431024 211010 928897

Source: Economic Survey Assam 2010-11

 

District-wise Number of Police Station, Govt. Railway Police Stations and River Police Stations in Assam 2010:

 

District

Police Stations

Govt. Railway Police Stations

River Police Stations

P.S

Out Post

P.S

Out Post

P.S

Out Post

Dhubri

8 7 - 2 2 2

Kokrajhar

12 13 - 1 - -

Bongaigaon

4 5 1 1 1 2

Goalpara

8 5 - - 2 -

Barpeta

9 6 - 1 2 1

Nalbari

5 6 - - 2 -

City DEF

21 7 - - - -

Kamrup

10 4 2 1 2 1

Darrang

4 3 - - 1 -

Sonitpur

11 9 1 3 2 -

Lakhimpur

6 4 1 1 1 -

Dhemaji

5 4 1 - 1 -

Morigaon

7 2 - - 2 -

Nagaon

21 8 2 2 1 -

Golaghat

12 6 - - - -

Jorhat

10 10 1 1 1 -

Sivasagar

19 7 1 1 - -

Dibrugarh

13 6 - 1 - -

Tinsukia

17 9 1 - 1 -
Hamren 4 5 - - - -

Karbi Anglong

16 3 1 - - -

Dima Hasao

8 8 - 1 - -

Karimganj

5 3 1 1 - -

Hailakandi

4 2 - - - -

Cachar

8 9 - 1 1 -

Chirang

9 10 -   - -

Baksa

10 11 - - - -

Udlaguri

7 7 - - - -

Assam

273 179 13 18 22 6

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2010

 

Statistics on Public Library in Assam:

 

Sl. No. Name of Public Library No. of Books upto 31.03.09 No. of New Books Added during April 2009 to March 2010 Average daily reading response (No. of Persons) No. of Registered member up to 31.03.2010
1. Reference Section, Directorate of Library Services, Assam 9500 3000 17 3200
2. Dispur Branch Library, Dispur, Guwahati-6 42468 2445 26 2755
3. Bishnu Nirmala Childrens Library, Guwahati-1 11114 2000 35 -
4. Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Hall Library, Guwahti-1 10583 2445 125 35948
5. District Library, Guwahati 78310 3000 100 120
6. District Library, Dibrugarh 88024 2518 71 20
7. District Library, Karimganj 36389 2445 35 3400
8. District Library, Goalpara 4662 2445 35 7470
9. District Library, Sivasagar 76965 2440 71 4460
10. District Library, Kokrajhar 56176 2445 33 157
11. District Library, Bongaigaon 4384 2445 25 5328
12. District Library, Golaghat 46975 2445 35 4248
13. District Library, Diphu 62980 2445 22 2532
14. District Library, Haflong 50398 2445 12 7893
15. District Library, Silchar 64675 2445 96 10212
16. District Library, North Lakhimpur 82000 2445 42 9432
17. District Library, Mangaldoi 57315 2445 120 4900
18. District Library, Nalbari 53173 2445 61 17900
19. District Library, Jorhat 12778 2445 85 13351
20. District Library, Tezpur 108585 2445 62 14414
21. District Library, Nagaon 98013 2445 45 7328
22. District Library, Dhubri 68841 2445 30 5615
23. District Library, Barpeta 45162 2445 78 4489
24. District Library, Morigaon 37736 2445 100 3200
25. District Library, Dhemaji 18603 2445 25 4000
26. District Library, Tinsukia 33619 2445 35 2532
27. District Library, Hailakandi 34023 2445 22 390
28. Sub-Division Library, Pragjyotishpur 8161 1021 40 2060
29. Sub-Division Library, Rangia 17261 1021 6 958
30. Sub-Division Library, Hajo 13992 1021 11 890
31. Sub-Division Library, Udalguri 11024 1021 21 2138
32. Sub-Division Library, Biswanath Chariali 18600 1021 50 1415
33. Sub-Division Library, Jonai 19516 1021 12 1025
34. Sub-Division Library, Majuli 16437 1021 40 900
35. Sub-Division Library, Sodia 11010 1021 12 500
36. Sub-Division Library, Sarupathar 8019 1021 24 490
37. Sub-Division Library, Hamren 18231 1021 10 1020
38. Sub-Division Library, South Salmara 11821 1021 20 1300
39. Sub-Division Library, North Salmara 7975 1021 20 610
40. Sub-Division Library, Charaideu 13312 1021 17  
41. Sub-Division Library, Gossaigaon 9127 1021 10  

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2010

 

 

CENSUS 2011 (Provisional):

 

Provisional Population Totals 1

Provisional Population Totals 2

 

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