It was formed in 1874, consisting of the undivided Kamrup district of Western Assam, undivided Darrang and Nagaon districts of Central Assam and Khasi & Jaintia hills of Meghalaya, created for revenue purposes.

[citation needed] Shri Jayant Narlikar, IAS is the current Commissioner of Lower Assam division.

Most parts of Lower assam districts were under rule of the Kingdom of Bhutan until the 19th century.

[3] # Districts within the Bodoland Territorial Region As per the 2011 census, Lower Assam division has a population of 11,252,365 people.

Although the Bengali speaking population was 30.9% as per the 2011 census language report, Lower Assam Division is home to a large Muslim population of Bengali origin, most of whom now identify as Assamese speakers in the census.