List of districts of Assam

Assam, a northeastern state of India, is divided into 35 administrative geographical units called districts.

The DC is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state.

After many inclusion and exclusion during the independence and later till 1972, Assam formed the present shape with its prime 7 districts.

The other 6 districts curved out of Assam; Jayantia, Garo and Khasi were combined and became Meghalya State; Lushiai hills became Mizoram; Naga hills became Nagaland; NEFA became Arunachal Pradesh; the both princely states Tripura and Manipur included in Assam and later separated as state and Koch Bihar became part of West Bengal.

On 1 April 2010, the name of North Cachar Hills district changed to Dima Hasao.

On 15 August 2015, Tarun Gogoi, the Chief Minister of Assam, announced the formation of five new districts in the state,[1] taking the total number from 27 to 32.

On 27 June 2016, one more district was announced by Sarbananda Sonowal, taking the total number from 32 to 33 which is Majuli (carved out of the Northern parts of Jorhat).

[7] These districts were, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Bisha Sarma said it is a temporary measure before ECI delimitation process in the state and government may reconsider it.