List of cities in Assam by population

This is a list of urban agglomerations and cities (those not included in the Urban Agglomerations), with a population above 100,000 as per 2011 census in the Indian state of Assam^[1]

List of cities by population

This is list of urban agglomerations include cities in the Indian state Assam.

Sr. No.	Name	Government	District	Type*	Population 2011	Male	Female	Population below 5 yrs	Literacy Rate
1	Guwahati	M.Corp	Kamrup Metropolitan	UA	968,549	505,542	463,007	43,537	91.12
2	Silchar	Municipal Board	Cachar	UA	228,985	115,443	113,542	21,841	91.05
3	Jorhat	Municipal Board	Jorhat	UA	153,249	79,348	73,901	13,757	91.18
4	Dibrugarh	Municipality	Dibrugarh	UA	154,019	79,743	74,276	13,303	89.75
5	Nagaon	Municipality	Nagaon	UA	147,137	74,824	73,313	15,117	90.82
6	Bongaigaon	Municipal Board	Bongaigaon	UA	109,118	56,032	53,778	23,677	91.42
7	Tezpur	Municipality	Sonitpur	UA	100,477	52,635	47,842	9,497	89.12
* UA=Urban Agglomeration

Urban Agglomeration

In the census of India 2011, an Urban Agglomeration has been defined as follows:^[2]

“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.”

Constituents of Urban Agglomerations in the Assam

The constituents of Urban Agglomerations in the Assam, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below:^[3]

• Guwahati Urban Agglomeration includes Guwahati (M Corp.) and Narengi (OG).
• Silchar Urban Agglomeration includes Silchar (MB), Silchar XI (OG), Tarapur VIII (OG), Tarapur VII (CT), Kanakpur I (CT), Ambicapur Part-X (CT), Silchar Part-X (CT), Uttar Krishnapur Part-I (CT) and Kanakpur Part-II (CT).
• Dibrugarh Urban Agglomeration includes Dibrugarh (MB), Mahpowalimara Gohain Gaon (OG), Tekela Chiring Gaon (OG), Niz-Mankata (CT) and Barbari (AMC area) (CT).
• Jorhat Urban Agglomeration includes Jorhat (MB), Chengeli Gaon (OG), Gohain Tekela Gaon (OG), Duliagaon (OG), Cinnamara Grant (OG), Toklai Cha 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.(CT), Kumar kaibarta Gaon (CT) and Chekonidhara (CT).
• Nagaon Urban Agglomeration includes Nagaon (MB), Nartam Gaon (OG), Kachalukhowa (OG), Dimaruguri (CT), Chota Haibor (CT) and Morongial (CT).
• Tinsukia Urban Agglomeration includes Tinsukia (MB), Lahari Kachari Gaon (OG), Hengaluguri Gaon (OG), Bajatoli Gaon (OG), Hijuguri Gaon (OG), Tinsukia Town 24 No. Sheet (OG) - Ward No. 20, Kachujan Gaon (CT) and Bahbari gaon (CT).
• Bongaigaon Urban Agglomeration includes Bongaigaon MB, Bongaigaon Refinery Township (CT), New Bongaigaon Railway Colony (CT), Majgaon (OG), Mulagaon (OG), Borson Gaon (OG), Dolaigaon (OG), Dhaligaon (OG), Birjhora Tea Estate (OG).
• Tezpur Urban Agglomeration includes Tezpur MB, Bamun Chuburi Gaon (OG), Dekar Gaon (OG), Prabatia Gaon (OG), Hazarpar Dekar Gaon (OG), Deuri Gaon (OG), Barika Chuburi (CT), Majgaon (CT) and Gutlong Gaon (CT).

List of municipal towns in Assam

This is the list of towns and cities in Assam. (Italic text cities are Urban Agglomerations also)

Rank	Name	Type	Class	District	Population	Growth rate in %
1st	Guwahati	City (Class I)	M.Corp	Kamrup Metro	968,549	91.12
2nd	Silchar	UA (Class I)	M. Board	Cachar	228,985	91.05
3rd	Jorhat	UA (Class I)	M. Board	Jorhat	153,249	91.18
4th	Dibrugarh	UA (Class I)	M. Board	Dibrugarh	154,019	89.15
5th	Nagaon	UA (Class I)	M. Board	Nagaon	147,137	90.82
6th	Tinsukia	UA (Class I)	Municipality	Tinsukia	125,637	89.65
7th	Bongaigaon	UA (Class I)	M. Board	Bongaigaon	109,118	91.42
8th	Dhubri	UA (Class I)	MB	Dhubri	109,234	82.01
9th	Tezpur	UA (Class I)	MB	Sonitpur	100,477	79.51
10th	Diphu	Town (Class II)	M. Board	Karbi Anglong	63,654	18.02
11th	North Lakhimpur	City Class II	M. Board	Lakhimpur	59,793	09.03
12th	Karimganj	Town Class II	Municipal Board	Karimganj	57,585	09.01
13th	Sivasagar	City Class II	M. Board	Sivasagar	55,595	07.07
14th	Goalpara	Town Class II	Municipality	Goalpara	53,455	08.05
15th	Barpeta Town	Town Class III	M. Board	Barpeta	43,663	03.05
16th	Golaghat	Town Class III	M. Board	Golaghat	42,991	21.04
17th	Haflong	Town Class III	Municipality	Dima Hasao	42,972	16.04
18th	Lanka	Town Class III	MB	Nagaon	36,803	06.06
19th	Hojai	Town Class III	M. Board	Nagaon	36,544	02.02
20th	Barpeta Road	Town	MB	Barpeta	35,281	00.06
21st	Kokrajhar	Town Class III	MB	Kokrajhar	34,202	08.09
22nd	Hailakandi	Town Class III	MB	Hailakandi	33,671	12.10
23rd	Morigaon	Town Class III	M. Board	Morigaon	29,182	28.07
24th	Nalbari	Town Class III	MB	Nalbari	27,608	16.0
25th	Rangia	Town Class III	MB	Kamrup (Rural)	27,584	09.08
26th	Mangaldoi	Town Class III	Municipal Board	Darrang region	25,835	56.12
27th	Dhekiajuli	Town Class IV	M. Board	Sonitpur	21,375	07.06
28th	Dergaon	Town Class IV	MB	Golaghat	20,097	33.05
29th	Sonari	Town Class IV	MB	Sivasagar	19,792	11.09
30th	Nazira	Town Class V	M. Board	Sivasagar	13,299	06.03
31st	Lakhipur	Town Class V	MB	Cachar	10,943	11.03

References

1. "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
2. "Urban Agglomerations and Cities" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
3. "Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-16.