Topics: Assam : Districts
This category contains categories for each of the administrative districts of the state.
Barpeta
The Barpeta District was carved out of erstwhile Kamrup District of Assam in July 1983.
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Bongaigaon
The Bongaigaon District was created curving out some areas of Goalpara and Kokrajhar District with its headquarters at Bongaigaon in 1989.
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Cachar
The District of Cachar lies between longitude 92° 24' E and 93° 15'E and Latitude 24° 22' N and 25° 8' N and is bounded on the north by the North Cachar Hills District and the State of Meghalaya, on the East by Manipur State, on the South by the State of Mizoram and on the west by Hailakandi District and Bangladesh.
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Darrang
The district of Darrang was created in July 1983 converting the erstwhile Sub-Division of Mangaldai.
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Dhemaji
The Dhemaji district came into being on 14th August / 1st October 1989. It comprises of erstwhile Dhemaji and Jonai sub-division and parts of Machkhowa mouza and Bordoloni.
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Dhubri
The district of Dhubri lies in south-western Assam. The present Dhubri District is one of the three civil sub divisions of the erst-while Goalpara district, established in 1876 during the British regime.
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Dibrugarh
Dibrugarh the headquarters of the district derives its name from Dibarumukh. The name derived from the mouth (mukh) of the river Dibaru or Dibru (Bodo word Dibru, a blister).
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Goalpara
Goalpara District was created in the year 1983 with two Sub-divisions, Goalpara (Sadar) sub-division and North Salmara (Civil) sub-division.
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Golaghat
Located in north east Assam between Longitude 93o16'East to 94o10'East and Latitude range 25o50'North to 26o47' North.
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Hailakandi
Hailakandi was one of the oldest subdivision is the state of Assam. It was constituted as a civil subdivision on 1st June 1869.
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Jorhat
Jorhat is a district in the east of the state, named after Jorhat town.
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Kamrup
Kamrup District is situated between 25° 43' and 26° 51' North Latitude and between 90° 36' and 92° 12' East Longitude.
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Karbi Anglong
Karbi_Anglong district is situated in the central part of Assam. It is bounded by Golaghat district in the east, Meghalaya and Morigaon district in the west, Nagaon and Golaghat district in the north and N.C.
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Karimganj
Karimganj district is situated in Southern Assam at a distance of 338 kilometers from the state capital.
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Kokrajhar
Kokrajhar is one of the twenty-three districts of Assam and can be described as the gateway to the northeastern region of India.
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Lakhimpur
Lakhimpur District is situated on the North East corner of the State of Assam. The district lies between 26048’ and 27053’ northern Latitude and 93042’ and 94020’ East Longitude (approx.)
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Marigaon
Morigaon is basically an agrarian district. It is situated between 26.15 degrees North and 26.5 degrees North latitude and between 92 degree East longitude.
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Nagaon
The Central Assam District of Nagaon (spelled by the British as Nowgong) is one of the largest districts of Assam.
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Nalbari
Tucked between Kamrup and Barpeta Districts, Nalbari is a mystery yet to be unraveled. The District is studded with temples, ponds, and tanks all bearing footprints of the glorious past of Assam.
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North Cachar Hills
Adoringly described by the visitors as 'Switzerland of the East', the North Cachar Hills is a district garlanded by hills.
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Sivasagar
The district which is sometimes also called Sivasagar is in the north of the state and is named after the town.
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Sonitpur
In 1983 Darrang district was bifurcated. Tezpur sadar sub-division was named as Sonitpur district with an outlying sub-division at Biswanath Chariali.
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Tinsukia
The District of Tinsukia lies between longitude 95° 22' E and 95° 38'E and Latitude 27° 23' N and 27° 48' N.
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