List of cities in Assam by population

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This is a list of urban agglomerations with populations above 100,000 and cities (not part of urban agglomerations) with populations of less than or equal to 100,000, as per 2011 census in the Indian state of Assam.{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 | publisher = |accessdate = 2012-04-16 }}

==List of cities by population==

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This is a list of urban agglomerations / cities having populations of 1 lakh and above in the Indian state of Assam.

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! colspan="10" style="background:#A0A0F0;"|Urban Agglomerations / Cities having population 1 lakh and above{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India – Government of India|date=2011}}

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!style="width: 150px;"|Name

!style="width: 180px;"|Government

!style="width: 150px;"|District

!style="width: 150px;"|Type*

!style="width: 150px;"|Population 2011

!style="width: 150px;"|Male

!style="width: 150px;"|Female

!style="width: 150px;"|Population
below 5 yrs

!style="width: 150px;"|Literacy rate

align="right"|1

|align=left| Guwahati

|align=left| Municipal corporation

|align=left| Kamrup Metropolitan

|UA

|align="right"|968,549

|align="right"|505,542

|align="right"|463,007

|align="right"|43,537

|align="right"|91.12

align="right"|2

|align=left| Silchar

|align=left| Municipal Corporation

|align=left| Cachar

|UA

|align="right"|229,136

|align="right"|115,497

|align="right"|113,639

|align="right"|22,976

|align="right"|90.26

align="right"|3

|align=left| Dibrugarh

|align=left| Municipal Corporation

|align=left| Dibrugarh

|UA

|align="right"|154,296

|align="right"|80,757

|align="right"|71,539

|align="right"|14,314

|align="right"|89.19

align="right"|4

|align=left| Jorhat

|align=left| Municipal board

|align=left| Jorhat

|UA

|align="right"|153,889

|align="right"|78,896

|align="right"|74993

|align="right"|21,873

|align="right"|91.18

align="right"|5

|align=left|Tinsukia

|align=left| Municipal board

|align=left| Tinsukia

|UA

|align="right"|126,389

|align="right"|67,404

|align="right"|58,985

|align="right"|12,576

|align="right"|89.03

align="right"|6

|align=left| Tezpur

|align=left| Municipal board

|align=left| Sonitpur

|UA

|align="right"|102,505

|align="right"|52,313

|align="right"|50,192

|align="right"|9,835

|align="right"|90.17

align="center" colspan="30" style="font-size: 8pt"|*UA=Urban agglomeration

Urban agglomeration

In the census of India 2011, an urban agglomeration was defined as follows:

"An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity."{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/1.%20Data%20Highlight.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations and Cities |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011| publisher = |accessdate = 2012-04-16 }}

=Constituents of urban agglomerations in Assam=

The recorded urban agglomerations of Assam, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below.{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title = Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011| publisher = |accessdate = 2012-04-16 }}

  • Guwahati: Guwahati (M.Corp) and Narengi (OG).
  • Silchar: Silchar (M.B), Silchar XI (OG), Tarapur VIII (OG), Tarapur VII (C.T), Kanakpur I (C.T), Ambicapur Part–X (C.T), Silchar Part–X (C.T), Uttar Krishnapur Part–I (C.T) and Kanakpur Part–II (C.T).
  • Dibrugarh: Dibrugarh (M.Corp), Mahpowalimara Gohain Gaon (OG), Tekela Chiring Gaon (OG), Niz–Mankata (C.T) and Barbari (AMC area) (C.T).

2)* Jorhat: Jorhat (M.B), Chengeli Gaon (OG), Gohain Tekela Gaon (OG), Duliagaon (OG), Cinnamara Grant (OG), Toklai Chah Bagicha (OG), Sarbaibandha (OG), Chowdang No.1 (OG), Bohotia Gaon (OG), Sonari Gaon (OG), Kamalabaria Gaon (OG), Nakari Bamun Gaon (OG), Barbheta Chapari (OG), Kamalabaria N.C.(C.T), Kumar kaibarta Gaon (C.T) and Chekonidhara (C.T).

  • Nagaon: Nagaon (M.B), Chota Haibor (C.T), Dimaruguri (C.T), Morongial (C.T), Kachalukhowa (OG), Nartam Gaon (OG).
  • Tinsukia: Tinsukia (M.B), Lahari Kachari Gaon (OG), Hengaluguri Gaon (OG), Bajatoli Gaon (OG), Hijuguri Gaon (OG), Tinsukia Town 24 No. Sheet (OG) – Ward No. 20, Kachujan Gaon (C.T) and Bahbari Gaon (C.T).
  • Tezpur: Tezpur (M.B), Bamun Chuburi Gaon (OG), Dekar Gaon (OG), Prabatia Gaon (OG), Hazarpar Dekar Gaon (OG), Deuri Gaon (OG), Barika Chuburi (C.T), Majgaon (C.T) and Gutlong Gaon (C.T).

List of municipal areas in Assam

A list of municipal areas based on population classes I – III, and IV and IV+ as per Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India are tabulated below.{{cite web| url = http://icrier.org/pdf/FinalReport-hpec.pdf| title = Report on Indian Urban Infrastructure and Services|work= Joint Secretary and Mission Director (JNNURM), Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India|publisher = Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India|date = 2011}}

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Population rankNameTypeClassDistrictPopulationGrowth rate in %
1ststyle="background:#yellow;" | Guwahatistyle="background: Aqua;" | ICM.CorpKamrup Metro968,54991.12
2ndSilcharstyle="background: Aqua;" | IC[Municipal Corporation|M.CorpCachar323,13691.05
3rdDibrugarhstyle="background: Aqua;" | ICM.Corp Dibrugarh154,29689.15
4thJorhatstyle="background: Aqua;" | ICM.BJorhat154,88991.42
5thNagaonstyle="background: Aqua;" | ICM.B Nagaon142,73687.82
6thTinsukiastyle="background: Aqua;" | ICM.BTinsukia126,38989.65
7thTezpurstyle="background: Aqua;" | ICM.BSonitpur102,50582.01
8thBongaigaonstyle="background: Orange;" | IIM.BBongaigaon93,65056.42
9thDiphustyle="background: Orange;" | IIM.BKarbi Anglong63,65418.02
10thDhubristyle="background: Orange;" | IIM.BDhubri63,38879.51
11thNorth Lakhimpurstyle="background: Orange;" | IIM.BLakhimpur59,79309.03
12thKarimganjstyle="background: Orange;" | IIM.BKarimganj57,58509.01
13thSivasagarstyle="background: Orange;" | IIM.BSivasagar55,59507.07
14thGoalparastyle="background: Gold;"| IIIM.BGoalpara53,45508.05
15thBarpeta Townstyle="background: Gold;"| IIIM.BBarpeta43,66303.05
16thGolaghatstyle="background: Gold;"| IIIM.BGolaghat42,99121.04
17thHaflongstyle="background: Gold;"| IIIM.BDima Hasao42,97216.04
18thRangiastyle="background: Gold;"| IIIM.BKamrup39,58414.0
19thMangaldaistyle="background: Gold;" | IIIM.BDarrang region36,99356.12
20thTanglastyle="background: Gold;" | IIIM.BUdalguri35,24456.00
21stLankastyle="background: Gold;"| IIIM.BNagaon36,80306.06
22ndHojaistyle="background: Gold;"| IIIM.BNagaon36,54402.02
23rdBarpeta Roadstyle="background: Gold;"|IIIM.BBarpeta35,28100.06
24thKokrajharstyle="background: Gold;"| IIIM.BKokrajhar34,20208.09
25thHailakandistyle="background: Gold;"| IIIM.BHailakandi33,67112.10
26thMorigaonstyle="background: Gold;"| IIIM.BMorigaon29,18228.07
27thNalbaristyle="background: Gold;"| IIIM.BNalbari27,60816.0
26thSilapatharstyle="background: Gold;"| IIIM.BDhemaji25,66214.00
29thDhekiajulistyle="background: Gold;"| IIIM.BSonitpur21,37507.06
30thDergaonstyle="background: Pink;"| IVM.BGolaghat20,09733.05
31stSonaristyle="background: LightBlue;" | IV+M.BCharaideo19,79211.09
32ndKharupetiastyle="background: LightBlue;" | IV+M.BDarrang region18,5019.82
33rdNazirastyle="background: LightBlue;" | IV+M.BSivasagar13,29906.03
34thLakhipurstyle="background: LightBlue | IV+C.TCachar10,9438.0
35thpathsalastyle="background: lightblue | IV+C.Tbajali district11,2279.3

| colspan="7" |(Italic text cities are also urban agglomerations).
M.Corp: Municipal corporation
M.B: Municipal board
C.T: Census town
Are oldest, classified and prominent, and constantly inhabited, recognised urban centres based on the earliest years of formation of the civic bodies, before the Indian independence of 1947.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZmusO1pWjUC|title=Quit India Movement In Assam|first=Anil Kumar|last=Sharma|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Mittal Publications|accessdate=5 August 2016|via=Google Books}}

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