[1] The Assam Cabinet headed by former Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal approved the proposal to make Bajali a full-fledged district on 10 August 2020.

[4] However, on August 25, 2023, the Assam cabinet made an announcement regarding the restoration of the district status of Bajali[5] and on October 12, Bajali again became a district.

According to the 2011 census, erstwhile Bajali district has a population of 253,876, of which 11,242 (4.43%) live in urban areas.

Scheduled Castes notably the Kaibarta-Jalkeot community and Scheduled Tribes notably the Boro community make up 19,192 (7.56%) and 11,486 (4.52%) of the population respectively.

[8] The district religious composition are as follows: Hindu 172,388, Muslim 81,003 and others at 485 as per 2011 census report.