Districts in Assam - Census 2011

List of districts of Assam with Population, Literacy rate, Sex Ratio etc. As per the Census 2011, Assam is divided into 27 districts (zilla) which act as the administrative divisions. Nagaon is the largest district of Assam by population, while the least populated district of Assam is Dima Hasao.

Below is the complete list of districts (zilla) of Assam sorted by population.

# District Sub-districts Population Literacy Sex Ratio
1 Nagaon Circles 2,823,768 72.37% 962
2 Dhubri Circles 1,949,258 58.34% 953
3 Sonitpur Circles 1,924,110 67.34% 956
4 Cachar Circles 1,736,617 79.34% 959
5 Barpeta Circles 1,693,622 63.81% 953
6 Kamrup Circles 1,517,542 75.55% 949
7 Tinsukia Circles 1,327,929 69.66% 952
8 Dibrugarh Circles 1,326,335 76.05% 961
9 Kamrup Metropolitan Circles 1,253,938 88.71% 936
10 Karimganj Circles 1,228,686 78.22% 963
11 Sivasagar Circles 1,151,050 80.41% 954
12 Jorhat Circles 1,092,256 82.15% 962
13 Golaghat Circles 1,066,888 77.43% 964
14 Lakhimpur Circles 1,042,137 77.2% 968
15 Goalpara Circles 1,008,183 67.37% 964
16 Morigaon Circles 957,423 68.03% 967
17 Karbi Anglong Circles 956,313 69.25% 951
18 Baksa Circles 950,075 69.25% 974
19 Darrang Circles 928,500 63.08% 954
20 Kokrajhar Circles 887,142 65.22% 959
21 Udalguri Circles 831,668 65.41% 973
22 Nalbari Circles 771,639 78.63% 949
23 Bongaigaon Circles 738,804 69.74% 966
24 Dhemaji Circles 686,133 72.7% 953
25 Hailakandi Circles 659,296 74.33% 951
26 Chirang Circles 482,162 63.55% 969
27 Dima Hasao Circles 214,102 77.54% 932