For the tea, see Assam tea. For the silk, see Assam silk.

For the oil, see Assam oil.

Assam
State

Seal Location of Assam in India Map of Assam

Coordinates (Dispur): 26.14N 91.77ECoordinates: 26.14N 91.77E India Country Northeast India Region 15 August 1947 (66 years Established
ago)

Capital Largest city Districts Government[*] Governor Chief Minister Legislature Parliamentary constituency High Court Area Total Area rank Population (2011) Total Rank Density

Dispur Guwahati 27 J B Patnaik Tarun Gogoi (INC) Unicameral (126 seats) 14 Gauhati High Court 78,550 km2 (30,330 sq mi) 16th 31,169,272 14th 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)

Time zone ISO 3166 code HDI HDI rank Literacy Official languages Website

IST (UTC+05:30) IN-AS 0.534 (medium) 22nd (2005) 73.18% (26th)[1] Assamese, Bengali (in Barak Valley), Bodo (in Bodoland) assam.gov.in

^[*] Assam has had a legislature since 1937 ^[*] Assam is one of the original provinces of British India

Symbols of India Language Assamese Song Dance Animal Bird Flower Tree River (O my endearing motherland) (Adopted in 1927) Bihu Gnr One-horned rhinoceros DeohaanhWhite-winged Wood Duck Kopou Phul Foxtail Orchids Hlng Dipterocarpus macrocarpus Brahmaputra

Assam ([sm], pronunciation (helpinfo); Assamese: xm, /xm/) is a northeastern state of India. Its capital is Dispur, located within the municipal area of Guwahati city. Located south of the eastern Himalayas, Assam comprises the Brahmaputra and the Barak river valleys along with the Karbi Anglong and the North Cachar Hills with an area of 30,285 square miles (78,438 km). Assam is surrounded by six of the other Seven Sister States: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya. Geographically Assam and these states are connected to the rest of India via a narrow strip of land in West Bengal called the Siliguri Corridor or "Chicken's Neck"