Assam

অসম

State of India

Montage of Assam
Clockwise from top left: academic complex of IIT
Guwahati, Ahom Raja's Palace(Garhgaon), Kamakhya
temple (Guwahati),Rang Ghar pavilions (Sivasagar), Kolia
Bhomora bridge over Brahmaputra river(Tezpur), one
horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) at Kaziranga
National Park, andSivadol (Sivasagar).

Seal
 Location of Assam (marked in red) in India

Coordinates (Dispur): 26.14°N 91.77°ECoordinates:

26.14°N 91.77°E

Country India
Region Northeast India

Established 1912 (Assam Province - British

India), 15 August 1947; 67 years
ago(Assam - Independent India)

Capital Dispur
Largest city Guwahati
Largest metro
Districts 27

Government
• Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna
Acharya (Additional charge)
• Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi (INC)
• Legislature Unicameral (126 seats)
• Parliamentary 14
constituency
• High Court Gauhati High Court

Area
• Total 79,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi)
Area rank 16th

Population (2011)
• Total 31,169,272
• Rank 14th
• Density 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)

Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

ISO 3166 code IN-AS

HDI 0.444 (low)

HDI rank 22nd (2005)

Literacy 73.18% (26th)[1]

Official Assamese
language(s)
Co-official English,
languages Bengali (In the three districts of Barak
Valley),
Bodo (In the four districts ofBodoland
Territorial Council)[2][2]

Website assam.gov.in

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

Symbols of Assam

Language Assamese
Song O Mur Apunar Dex
Dance Bihu dance
Animal One-horned rhinoceros
Bird White-winged wood duck
Flower Rhynchostylis retusa
Tree Dipterocarpus macrocarpus
River Brahmaputra