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North Assam Division

North Assam Division

Division of Assam in India

North Assam is an administrative division of Assam under the jurisdiction of a Commissioner, who is officially stationed at Tezpur. It consists of the following districts: Udalguri, Darrang, Sonitpur and Biswanath. Shri Rakesh Kumar, IAS is the current Commissioner of this division.[1]

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Districts

North Assam district comprises mainly 4 districts, namely Udalguri, Darrang, Sonitpur and Biswanath.

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Demographics

As per 2011 census, North Assam division has a population of 36,84,298

Languages

Languages spoken in North Assam Division (2011)[4]

  Assamese (36.36%)
  Bengali (25.07%)
  Boro (10.57%)
  Sadri (8.54%)
  Nepali (4.98%)
  Hindi (3.42%)
  Others (11.06%)

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

References

  1. [1]
    "Divisions | General Administration | Government of Assam, India".
  2. [2]
    ISO 3166
  3. [3]
    "District Census 2011".
  4. [4]
    "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Assam". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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