State of Assam
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| Coordinates (Dispur): 26°08′N 91°46′E / 26.14°N 91.77°ECoordinates: 26°08′N 91°46′E / 26.14°N 91.77°E | ||
| Country |
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| 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 |
 0.598 (medium) |
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| HDI rank | 15th (2016) | |
| Literacy | 72.19% (19th) | |
| Official languages | Assamese, Bodo and Bengali (only in Barak Valley) | |
| Website | assam |
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| 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. |
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| 1951 | 8,029,000 |
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| 1961 | 10,837,000 | 35.0% | |
| 1971 | 14,625,000 | 35.0% | |
| 1981 | 18,041,000 | 23.4% | |
| 1991 | 22,414,000 | 24.2% | |
| 2001 | 26,656,000 | 18.9% | |
| 2011 | 31,169,272 | 16.9% | |
| Source:Census of India The 1981 Census could not be held in Assam. Total population for 1981 has been worked out by interpolation. |
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Assam (English: /əˈsæm/ 
listen ) 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 Southeast Asia – comprising the elements in India’s Look East policy.
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