The state of Assam in India has five regional divisions, each comprising a number of districts. The person responsible for the administration of a division is designated as a Divisional Commissioner .
5-490: Lower Assam division is one of the 5 administrative divisions of Assam in India. 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. The division is under the jurisdiction of a Commissioner , who is stationed at Guwahati . The division currently covers
10-622: The Bodoland Territorial Region As per 2011 census, Lower Assam division has a population of 11,252,365 people. Languages spoken in Lower Assam Division (2011) According to 2011 census, the total number of Assamese speakers in the division were 59,61,583 , Bengali speakers were 34,76,953 , Boro speakers were 8,70,198 and Hindi speakers were 3,17,958. Although the Bengali speaking population
15-710: The Western Brahmaputa Valley . Shri Jayant Narlikar, IAS is the current Commissioner of Lower Assam division. Most parts of Lower assam districts till the 19th century were under the Kingdom of Bhutan . Lower Assam division contains 12 districts, namely Dhubri , South Salamara , Kokrajhar , Chirang , Bongaigaon , Goalpara , Barpeta , Bajali , Nalbari , Baksa , Kamrup and Kamrup metropolitan . Among these, 3 districts namely Kokrajhar, Chirang and Baksa lie within Bodoland . Districts within
20-635: The seat of the government in Shillong , the erstwhile capital of Assam, which is now in Meghalaya . To better administer the six districts of Goalpara, Kamrup, Sonitpur, Nagaon (formerly, Nowgong), Sivasagar (formerly, Sibsagar) and Lakhimpur, (the districts in the Brahmaputra valley, also called Assam Valley ), the Judge of Assam Valley was given the additional charge of a commissioner in 1880. In 1905,
25-410: Was 30.9% as per the 2011 census language report, but Lower Assam Division is home to a large Muslim population of Bengali origin, most of whom now identify as Assamese speakers in the census. Muslims are around 49.5% of the total lower Assam population at the time of the 2011 Census. Administrative divisions of Assam In 1874, Assam was constituted as a Chief Commissioner's province with
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