North Assam is an administrative
division of Assam under the jurisdiction of a Commissioner, who is officially stationed at
Tezpur
Tezpur () is a city and urban agglomeration in Sonitpur district, Assam state, India. Tezpur is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra, northeast of Guwahati, and is the largest of the north bank cities with a population exceeding 100, ...
. It consists of the following districts:
Udalguri
Odalguri (; also spelt Udalguri) is a town and the headquarters of Udalguri district under the jurisdiction of Bodoland Territorial Council which controls the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts in the state of Assam.
Geography
Odalguri is l ...
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Darrang
Darrang () is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Mangaldoi. The district occupies an area of 1585 km2.
History
No definitive records about Darrang are available for the pre ...
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Sonitpur
Sonitpur district ron: ˌsə(ʊ)nɪtˈpʊə or ˌʃə(ʊ)nɪtˈpʊəis an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters is located at Tezpur.
Etymology
The name of the is derived from a mythological story fo ...
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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.
# Districts within the
Bodoland Territorial Region
Demographics
As per 2011 census, North Assam division has a population of 36,84,298
Languages
According to 2011 census, the total number of Assamese speakers in the division were 13,39,782, Bengali speakers were 9,23,791, Boro speakers were 3,89,390, Sadri speakers were 3,14,665, Nepali speakers were 1,83,601 and Hindi speakers were 1,25,908.
See also
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Upper Assam Division
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Lower Assam Division
Lower Assam division is one of the 5 administrative divisions of Assam. It was formed in 1874, comprising Undivided Kamrup district of Western Assam, undivided Darrang and Nagoan districts of Central Assam and Khasi & Jaintia hills of Meghalaya, ...
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Barak Valley Division
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Central Assam Division
References
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Divisions of Assam