[2] The Government of Assam, during the Chief-ministership of Tarun Gogoi, had proposed to bifurcate it further and create a new district, named East Kamrup.

[3] But later that year, the process of creation was stopped midway due to lack of infrastructure.

[4] Administrative headquarters of Kamrup Metropolitan district is at Guwahati city.

According to the 2011 census Kamrup Metropolitan district has a population of 1,253,938,[8] roughly equal to the nation of Estonia[9] or the US state of New Hampshire.

Kamrup Metropolitan has a sex ratio of 922 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 88.66%.