Baksa district

Baksa district बाक्सा जिला
District
Gateway of Manas National Park at Baksa District
Country	India
State	Assam
Headquarters	Mushalpur
Area
• Total	2,457 km2 (949 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	950,075
• Density	387/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	Indian Standard Time (UTC+5:30)
Website	Baksa.gov.in

Baksa district (/ˈbʌksə/ or /ˈbæksə/; Bodo: बाक्सा जिला ;Assamese: বাক্সা জিলা) is one of the 27 districts of Assam state under Bodoland Territorial Council in north-eastern India.

Baksa was notified as one of the districts of Bodoland Territorial Council in October 2003 while it started functioning from 1 June 2004 when Dr Anwaruddin Choudhury of the Assam Civil Service took charge as its founder Deputy Commissioner. It started working from PWD Inspection Bungalow of Barama on the NH 31 tll it was shifted to Mushalpur in late 2010.

It was created from parts of Barpeta, Nalbari, and Kamrup districts.

Mushalpur town is the headquarters of the district. It has three Sub-division Salbari sub-division, Salbari, Tamulpur Sub-division, Tamulpur and Mushalpur sub-division, Mushalpur. This district is bounded by Bhutan in the north, Udalguri district in the east, Barpeta, Nalbari and Kamrup districts in the south and Chirang district in the west. Area of the district is 2400 km².