Major Cities of Assam
Assam is one of the State in 29 states of India, situated on the North – East part of the India, lat long of Assam is 26.14°N 91.77°E. The Capital city of Assam is Dispur as of Now, Assam having 35 districts and only 12 major cities, the population of Assam is 31,205,576 as per 2011 , population density is 400/km2, area of Assam is 78,438 km2, in population Assam is on 15th position while in area it is on 17th position, literacy rate of Assam is 79%, Guwahati is the largest city of Assam, at present governor of Assam is Shri Gulab Chand Kataria and chief minister of Assam is Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma (BJP). Assam having Unicamera Legislature with 126 seats, and 14 seats in lower house and 7 seats in the upper house of parliament of India, the high court of Assam is situated in Gawahati.
Major Cities of Assam in Alphabetical Order
Code |
District |
Headquarter |
Population (2011) |
Area (km²) |
BA |
Barpeta |
Barpeta |
1,693,190 |
3,245 |
BO |
Bongaigaon |
Bongaigaon |
2,060,550 |
1,724 |
CA |
Cachar |
Silchar |
1,736,319 |
3,786 |
DA |
Darrang |
Mangaldai |
908,090 |
3,481 |
DM |
Dhemaji |
Dhemaji |
688,077 |
3,237 |
DB |
Dhubri |
Dhubri |
1,948,632 |
2,838 |
DI |
Dibrugarh |
Dibrugarh |
1,327,748 |
3,381 |
NC |
Dima Hasao |
Haflong |
213,529 |
4,888 |
GP |
Goalpara |
Goalpara |
1,008,959 |
1,824 |
GG |
Golaghat |
Golaghat |
1,058,674 |
3,502 |
HA |
Hailakandi |
Hailakandi |
659,260 |
1,327 |
JO |
Jorhat |
Jorhat |
1,091,295 |
2,851 |
KA |
Karbi Anglong |
Diphu |
965,280 |
10,434 |
KR |
Karimganj |
Karimganj |
1,217,002 |
1,809 |
KK |
Kokrajhar |
Kokrajhar |
930,404 |
3,129 |
LA |
Lakhimpur |
North Lakhimpur |
1,040,644 |
2,277 |
MA |
Morigaon |
Morigaon |
957,853 |
1,704 |
NG |
Nagaon |
Nagaon |
2,826,007 |
3,831 |
NL |
Nalbari |
Nalbari |
769,919 |
2,257 |
SI |
Sivasagar |
Sivasagar |
1,150,253 |
2,668 |
SO |
Sonitpur |
Tezpur |
1,925,975 |
5,324 |
TI |
Tinsukia |
Tinsukia |
1,316,948 |
3,790 |
Major Cities of Assam according to Population
S. No |
City |
Population |
1 |
Nagaon |
2823768 |
2 |
Dhubri |
1949258 |
3 |
Sonitpur |
1924110 |
4 |
Cachar |
1736617 |
5 |
Barpeta |
1693622 |
6 |
Kamrup |
1517542 |
7 |
Tinsukia |
1327929 |
8 |
Dibrugarh |
1326335 |
9 |
Kamrup Metropolitan |
1253938 |
10 |
Karimganj |
1228686 |
11 |
Sibsagar |
1151050 |
12 |
Jorhat |
1092256 |
13 |
Golaghat |
1066888 |
14 |
Lakhimpur |
1042137 |
15 |
Goalpara |
1008183 |
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Major Cities of Assam in Growth Rate
S. No |
City |
Growth Rate |
1 |
Dhubri |
24.44% |
2 |
Morigaon |
23.34% |
3 |
Goalpara |
22.64% |
4 |
Darrangh |
22.19% |
5 |
Nagaon |
22.00% |
6 |
Karimganj |
21.90% |
7 |
Halkndi |
21.45% |
8 |
Barpeta |
21.43% |
9 |
Bongaigaon |
20.59% |
10 |
Cachar |
20.19% |
11 |
Dhemaji |
19.97% |
Major Cities of Assam in Female and Male Ratio
S. No |
City |
Women/1000 Men |
1 |
Baksa |
974 |
2 |
Udlguri |
973 |
3 |
Lamp |
969 |
4 |
Lakhimpur |
968 |
5 |
Morigaon |
967 |
6 |
Bongaigaon |
966 |
7 |
Goalpara |
964 |
8 |
Golaghat |
964 |
9 |
Karimganj |
963 |
10 |
Nagaon |
962 |
11 |
Jorhat |
962 |
12 |
Dibrugarh |
961 |