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Assam
অসম
State of India
Montage of Assam  Clockwise from top left: academic complex of IIT Guwahati, Ahom Raja's Palace (Garhgaon), Kamakhya temple (Guwahati), Rang Ghar pavilions (Sivasagar), Kolia Bhomora bridge over Brahmaputra river (Tezpur), one horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) at Kaziranga National Park, and Sivadol (Sivasagar).
Montage of Assam
Clockwise from top left: academic complex of IIT Guwahati, Ahom Raja's Palace (Garhgaon), Kamakhya temple (Guwahati), Rang Ghar pavilions (Sivasagar), Kolia Bhomora bridge over Brahmaputra river (Tezpur), one horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) at Kaziranga National Park, and Sivadol (Sivasagar).
Official seal of Assam
Seal
Location of Assam (marked in red) in India
Location of Assam (marked in red) in India
Coordinates (Dispur): 26°08′N 91°46′E / 26.14°N 91.77°E / 26.14; 91.77Coordinates: 26°08′N 91°46′E / 26.14°N 91.77°E / 26.14; 91.77
Country  India
Region Northeast India
Established 1912 (Assam Province - British India), 15 August 1947; 67 years ago (1947-08-15) (Assam - Independent India)
Capital Dispur
Largest city
Largest metro
Guwahati
Districts 27
Government
 • Governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
 • Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi (INC)
 • Legislature Unicameral (126 seats)
 • Parliamentary constituency 14
 • High Court Gauhati High Court
Area
 • Total 79,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi)
Area rank 16th
Population (2011)
 • Total 31,169,272
 • Rank 14th
 • Density 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone IST (UTC+06:30)
ISO 3166 code IN-AS
HDI Increase 0.534 (medium)
HDI rank 22nd (2005)
Literacy 73.18% (26th)[1]
Official language Assamese
Co-official languages English,
Bengali (In the three districts of Barak Valley),
Bodo (In the four districts of Bodoland Territorial Council)
Website assam.gov.in

^[*] Assam has had a legislature since 1937 ^[*] Assam is one of the original provinces of British India

Symbols of Assam
Language Assamese
Song O Mur Apunar Dex
Dance Bihu dance
Animal One-horned rhinoceros
Bird White-winged Wood Duck
Flower Foxtail Orchids
Tree Dipterocarpus macrocarpus
River Brahmaputra

Assam (/əˈsæm/, About this sound pronunciation ; Ôxôm, [ɔxɔm]) is a state of India in the north-eastern region. Located south of the eastern Himalayas, Assam comprises the Brahmaputra Valley and the Barak river valleys along with the Karbi Anglong and the North Cachar Hills with an area of 30,285 square miles (78,438 km²). Assam is surrounded by six of the other Seven Sister States: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Meghalaya. Geographically Assam and these states are connected to the rest of India via a strip of land in West Bengal called the Siliguri Corridor or "Chicken's Neck".[2] Assam shares international borders with Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh; and cultures, peoples and climate with South-East Asia – elements in India’s Look East policy.[3] Assam became a part of British India after the British occupied the region following the First Anglo-Burmese War of 1824–1826.

Assam tea is produced here along with petroleum and Assam silk. The state has conserved the one-horned Indian rhinoceros from near extinction, along with the Pygmy hog, tiger and various species of birds. It provides one of the last wild habitats for the Asian elephant. The economy is aided by wildlife tourism while the Kaziranga and the Manas National Parks are designated as World Heritage Sites. Sal tree forests are found in the state, which as a result of rainfall looks green all year round. This rain feeds the Brahmaputra River, whose tributaries and oxbow lakes provide the region with a hydro-geomorphic and aesthetic environment.

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