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Assam

Assam
অসম
State
Official seal of Assam
Seal
IN-AS.svg
Coordinates (Dispur): 26°08′N 91°46′E / 26.14°N 91.77°E / 26.14; 91.77Coordinates: 26°08′N 91°46′E / 26.14°N 91.77°E / 26.14; 91.77
Country  India
Statehood 26 January 1950
Capital Dispur
Largest city
Largest metro
Guwahati
Districts 33
Government
 • Governor Banwarilal Purohit
 • Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal (BJP)
 • Legislature Unicameral (126 seats)
 • Parliamentary constituency 14
 • High Court Gauhati High Court
Area
 • Total 78,438 km2 (30,285 sq mi)
Area rank 17th
Population (2011)
 • Total 31,205,576
 • Rank 15th
 • Density 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code IN-AS
HDI Increase 0.444 (low)
HDI rank 22nd (2005)
Literacy 79.18% (26th)
Official language(s) Assamese,
Bengali (In the three districts of Barak Valley)
Co-official languages English,
Bodo (In the four districts of Bodoland Territorial Council)
Website assam.gov.in
First recognised as an administrative division on 1 April 1911, and led to the establishment of Assam Province by partitioning Province of East Bengal and Assam.
^[*] Assam was one of the original provincial divisions of British India.
^[*] Assam has had a legislature since 1937.
State symbols of Assam
Language
Assamese Bengali letter A (red).png
Assamese
Song
O Mor Aponar Desh.jpg
O Mur Apunar Dex
Dance
Bihu dance at Nagaon.jpg
Bihu dance
Animal
KAZIRANGA.JPG
One horned rhinoceros
Bird
White-winged Wood Duck (Cairina scutulata) RWD5.jpg
White-winged wood duck
Flower
A and B Larsen orchids - Rhynchostylis retusa 1015-24.jpg
Rhynchostylis retusa
Tree
Dipterocarpus bourdillonii 01.JPG
Dipterocarpus macrocarpus
River
A view of sunset from Biswanath Ghat.jpg
Brahmaputra

Assam (English pronunciation: /əˈsæm/ About this sound listen ; Assamese: অসম Ôxôm [ɔˈxɔm] About this sound listen ; Bodo: आसाम Asam; Bengali: আসাম Âshám [ɑːˈʃɑːm]) is a state in northeastern India. Located south of the eastern Himalayas, Assam comprises the Brahmaputra Valley and the Barak Valley along with the Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts with an area of 30,285 sq mi (78,440 km2). Assam, along with Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Meghalaya, is one of the Seven Sister States. Geographically, Assam and these states are connected to the rest of India via a 22 kilometres (14 mi) strip of land in West Bengal called the Siliguri Corridor or "Chicken's Neck". Assam shares an international border with Bhutan and Bangladesh; and its culture, people and climate are similar to those of South-East Asia – comprising the elements in India’s Look East policy.


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