List of Districts in Assam in 2025 ( Latest Updated)

List of Districts in Assam: Each of Assam’s 31 districts has a Deputy Commissioner. In 2022, the Assam Cabinet merged four new districts with four old ones. After independence, Assam had 13 districts; presently it has 31.

All Assam districts are divided into five large regional divisions for law and order. Each regional division has a commissioner. We’ve included all Assam districts here. Assam has 31 districts in 2025. Last year, the state had 35 districts. On 31 December 2022, the Assam Cabinet merged four newly established districts into four old ones, making 31 districts in the state. In this article, we will discuss all districts and their formation dates.

List of Districts in Assam

Here is the complete list of all districts:

Assam History

Assam had 13 districts when India attained independence in 1947. North Cachar Hills and United Mikir were created from Golaghat, Nagaon, Cachar, Jayantia, and Naga Hills in November 1951. Sonitpur, Barpeta, Jorhat, Karimganj, Dhubri, and Kokrajhar districts were created in 1983 from Darrang, Kamrup, Sibsagar, Cachar, and Goalpara. From Kamrup came Kamrup Metropolitan in February 2003.

On Independence Day 2015, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announced five new districts. The state now has 32 districts, up from 27. Two new Assam districts were declared on 26 January 2016, but two were withdrawn on 7 October 2016. In August 2020, Assam had 34 districts, but in December 2022, four were combined into four others. The state has 31 districts.

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Name of District in Assam with Population & Area

Here is the list of the districts in Assam. Check out the 35 districts of Assam from the table below.