Population by district

There are 23 districts in Assam. The population of the districts in descending order is given below:

District	Population	Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 males)	Literacy (%)	Growth of Population (1971-91; %)
Kamrup	19,87,662	881	54.61	64.69
Nagaon	18,92,087	934	44.24	51.17
Sonitpur	14,18,484	911	39.84	56.49
Barpeta	13,82,715	940	34.22	42.71
Dhubri	13,25,653	951	29.45	55.77
Darrang	12,86,633	939	34.58	54.17
Cachar	12,15,952	939	48.66	47.65
Dibrugarh	10,38,090	908	49.23	37.20
Nalbari	10,12,608	937	46.64	48.72
Tinsukia	9,63,176	893	41.20	47.16
Sibsagar	8,95,112	914	54.24	36.80
Jorhat	8,68,445	917	55.16	32.68
Karimganj	8,25,551	947	44.78	41.82
Bongaigaon	8,06,472	940	40.24	64.43
Golaghat	8,01,740	922	48.28	53.09
Kokrajhar	7,96,880	942	33.19	75.94
Lakhimpur	7,49,675	932	47.54	55.91
Karbi Anglong	6,55,415	907	37.48	72.79
Goalpara	6,61,801	956	36.03	52.66
Marigaon	6,40,376	941	38.47	51.07
Dhemaji	4,72,183	931	43.18	104.48
Hailakandi	4,48,506	931	42.98	45.76
North Cachar Hills	1,49,346	878	46.72	96.39
ASSAM	2,22,94,562	925	43.20	52.44

 Note:Literates exclude children in the age group 0-6 who are treated as illiterate.

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Population of cities and towns

City/Town	Population
Guwahati	5,77,591
Dibrugarh	1,23,885
Silchar	1,15,045
Jorhat	1,11,584
Nagaon	93,324
Tinsukia	73,760
Dhubri	65,861
Tezpur	54,999
Bongaigaon	48,907
Lumding	46,064
Karimganj	43,623
North Lakhimpur	40,044
Diphu	39,551
Goalpara	39,208
Sibsagar	36,651
Digboi	35,930
Hojai	31,916
Barpeta Road	29,813
Golaghat	28,722
Kokrajhar	28,240
Halflong	26,191
Hailakandi	25,475
Barpeta	25,345
Mankachar	22,739
Margherita	21,692
Gauripur	19.945
Namrup	19,684
Lanka	19,044
Nalbari	18,949
Rangapara	18,526
Bilasipara	17,994
Marigaon	17,246
Duliajan Oil Town	16,852
Badarpur	16,490
Chapar	16,253
Tangla	15,814
Dhekiajuli	15,459
Kharupetia	15,343
Doom Dooma	15,038
Naharkatiya	15,037
Biswanath Chariali	14,586
Sualkuchi	14,290
Jagiroad	13,582
Niz-Hajo	12,781
Sapatgram	12,629
North Guwahati	12,426
Howli	12,402
Sonari	12,263
Dergaon	12,200
Udalguri	12,077
Makum	11,984
Abhayapuri	11,686
Dhing	11,469
Gossaigaon	11,316
Bijni	11,313
Basugaon	11,126
Bokajan	11,008
Lakhipur, Goalpara	8,991
Dhemaji	8,826
Lala	8,631
Bihpuria	8,506
Nazira	8,336
Donkamokam	8,147
Sarthebari	7,705
Bohori	7,583
Pathsala	7,236
Sorbhog	7,176
Bokakhat	6,997
Golokganj	6,220
Chabua	6,032
Maibong	5,802
Amingaon	5,586
Palasbari	4,683
Tihu	4,290
Dokmoka	4,091
Moranhat	3,978
Jagiroad Paper Mill	3,790
Raha	3,777
Hamren	3,771
Lakhipur, Cachar	3,748
Howraghat	3,718
Amguri	3,583
Mahur	2,213
Jogighopa	1,927

Sources of the information

1. Hem Chandra Saikia, a demographic researcher in Nagaon.
2. Assam, Provisional Population Totals: Rural-Urban Distribution, Paper-2 of 1991, Series-4, N.C. Dutta, Director of Census Operations, Assam