Hojai was a part of the Dimasa Kachari Kingdom in medieval times.

[6] Nonetheless, on 25 August 2023, the Assam cabinet unveiled its decision to reinstate Hojai's district status.

[9][10] 69.6% of the people speak Bengali, followed by Hindi, 16.0%; Assamese, 10.7%; Dimasa Kachari 1.8% and Meitei, 1.6% speakers.

[8] Most of the population follow Hinduism (81.11%), with Islam being the largest minority religion with 18.28% adherents.

On 6 March 2021, Suman Shyam, Judge Guahati High Court, has inaugurated the newly created Courts of District & Sessions Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate at Hojai, Sankardev Nagar.

He was followed by Idris Ali Fakir, Sadhan Ranjan Sarkar, Santi Ranjan Dasgupta and since 1991, Ardhendu Kumar Dey has been consistently elected as an MLA, the lone defeat coming in 2006 to AIUDF's Aditya Langthasa who served as an MLA for a single term.

[citation needed] Hojai is one of the important hubs of agarwood oil extraction and trade.

[15] In 2019, the Assam government under Sarbananda Sonowal allowed plantation of agarwood in five hectares.

Its charitable dispensary, established in 1986, treats over ten patients for free every day.

The station provides railway connectivity to different cities of India through many long-distance trains.

Almost all of the major trains have a stoppage including the Rajdhani Express which connects the national capital.