In 2021, the Cabinet of Assam, headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, approved the proposal to make Tamulpur a full-fledged district.

However, on August 25, 2023, the Government revealed a new decision to recreate the district, covering the Tamulpur and Goreswar Assembly seats.

[5] At the time of the 2011 census, Tamulpur district had a population of 389,150, of which 5,631 (1.45%) live in urban areas.

Tamulpur has a sex ratio of 970 females per 1000 males.

[6] Languages of Tamulpur district (2011)[7] At the time of the 2011 census, 36.96% of the population spoke Assamese, 25.40% Boro, 22.33% Bengali, 5.18% Nepali and 4.67% Santali, 0.96% Sadri and 0.93% Rajbongshi as their first language.