ASSAM STATE PROFILE Assam, the gateway to North East India, is the largest state in the North East with a geographical area of 78438 sq.km. The state has 33 districts, 67 Sub-Divisions, 219 blocks. At present Assam has 26 districts under Normal or General Areas covered under Part IX of the Constitution and 7 districts under the Sixth Schedule viz. (i) Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) covering Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri districts and (ii) Hill Areas covering Karbi, West Karbi Angolng and Dima Hasao districts. As per Census of India 2011 the population of Assam is 3.11 crores with a density of 397 population per sq. Km. The rural and urban population is 85.92% and 14.08% respectively. Sex ratio is 954 female over per 1000 male population. Total cropped area as per 2008-09 record 41.05 lakh hectare, out of which Net area sown is 28.10 lakh hectare.major crop is Paddy and major fruits grown in the state are banana, pineapple, papaya, orange, Assam lemon and jackfruit. Amongst plantation crops, tea commands the most important place in the state. DISTRICTS OF ASSAM STATE 1 Tinsukia 10 Sonitpur 19 Barpeta 28 Hailakandi 2 Dibrugarh 11 Karbi 20 Bongaigaon 29 Karimganj 3 Jorhat 12 Nagaon 21 Goalpara 30 Kamrup Metro 4 Dhemaji 13 Morigaon 22 Kokrajhar 31 Chirang 5 Sibsagar 14 Darrang 23 Dhubri 32 Udalguri 6 Lakhimpur 15 Kamrup 24 Dimahasao 33 Majuli 7 Golaghat 16 Nalbari 25 Cachar 8 Charaideo 17 Hojai 26 West Karbi 18 Biswanath 27 Baksa 9 South Salmara- Mankachar
Basic information, Assam Sl. No. Items Ref. Year Unit Particulars 1. Geographical Area 2011 Census '000 Sq. Km. 78 2. Population 2011 Census Lakh No. 312 3. Density Persons per Sq. Km. 4. Sex Ratio Females per '000 Males 5. Percentage of Urban Population to the total population 2001 Census Percentage 14.08 6. Average Annual Exponential Growth Rate 1991-2000 1.73 397 954 7. Population Below Poverty Line (As per Planning Commission estimates) 8. Literacy rate : (i) Persons (ii) Male (iii) Female 9. Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at factor cost : (ii) At constant (1993-94) prices 10. Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) at factor cost (ii) At constant (2004-05) prices 11. Per Capita NSDP (ii) At constant (2004-05) prices 12. Index of Agricultural Production (Base: Triennium ending 1981-82=100) 2009-2010 37.90 2011 Census 73.18 78.81 67.27 2003-2004 (Q) 2011-12(Q) Rs. in crore 2011-12 Rupees 39054 20266 114695 70544 37250 22910 2011-2012 (P) - 126.44 13. Total cropped area 2008-09 Lakh hectare 41.05 14. Net area sown 28.10 15. Index of Industrial Production (Base : 1999-2000=100 2011-2012 (P) - 147.75 16. Post office per lakh population 2009-2010 No. 13 17. Avg. Population per Bank Branch 2013 (Dec.) Nos. 14758 18. Employment on organised sector 2009 (P) '000 Nos. 1106 19. (i) Public Sector 534 20. (ii) Private Sector 572
Districtwise Population, Sex-ratio, Density etc. Sl. No. DISTRICT Population Sex Ratio per '000 males Density per Sq. Km. Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe Total Male Female Total Male Female 1. Dhubri 1637344 947 585 63208 32734 30474 32523 16278 16245 2. Kokrajhar 905764 943 285 31167 16300 14867 304985 154143 150842 3. Bongaigaon 904835 945 360 92770 48207 44563 110696 55344 55352 4. Goalpara 822035 956 451 39462 20102 19360 131800 66109 65691 5. Barpeta 1647201 941 508 93861 48694 45167 123266 61586 61680 6. Nalbari 1148824 939 509 86236 44254 41982 202577 102256 100321 7. Kamrup 2522324 901 581 170541 88076 82465 250393 126989 123404 8. Darrang 1504320 944 432 68464 35383 33081 249861 125976 123885 9. Sonitpur 1681513 929 316 87900 45405 42495 195083 99697 95386 10. Lakhimpur 889010 951 390 70060 35726 34334 208864 106271 102593 11. Dhemaji 571944 941 177 30472 15848 14624 270496 138135 132361 12. Morigaon 776256 946 456 100346 51885 48461 120730 60797 59933 13. Nagaon 2314629 944 604 215209 110701 104508 89394 45283 44111 14. Golaghat 946279 930 270 51169 26277 24892 93920 48189 45731 15. Jorhat 999221 933 350 78663 40477 38186 123134 62465 60669 16. Sibsagar 1051736 928 394 35759 18236 17523 41533 21063 20470 17. Dibrugarh 1185072 931 351 48024 25083 22941 88337 44667 43670 18. Tinsukia 1150062 913 303 31315 16601 14714 67234 34688 32546 19. Karbi- 813311 926 78 29520 15513 14007 452963 230929 222034 20. N.C. Hills 188079 884 38 3360 1913 1447 128428 65969 62459 21. Karimganj 1007976 947 557 130957 67772 63185 2901 1546 1355 22. Hailakandi 542872 935 409 59251 30666 28585 821 435 386 23. Cachar 1444921 945 382 208235 107821 100414 18631 9302 9329 24 Chirang 481818 969 244 35188 19784 15404 176532 88216 88316 25 Udalguri 832769 966 497 37844 19402 18442 267372 133550 133822 26 Baksa 953773 967 475 73083 37534 35549 331007 165634 165373 27 Kamrup(M) 1260419 922 2010 101789 52106 49683 75121 37902 37219 28 Majuli 29 Hojai 30 Charaideo 31 Biswanath 32 33 West Karbi South Salmara- Mankachar A S S A M 31169272 954 397 2073853 1072500 1001353 4158602 2103419 2055183
ASSAM STATE: ACHIEVEMENT AGAINST BENCHMARKS AS ON 31.03.2017 PARAMETERS BENCH MARKS (%) OUR POSITION (%) C D RATIO 60 47.26 CREDIT + INV. : DEPOSIT RATIO 60 54.12 PRI. SECTOR ADV. TO TOTAL ADV. 40 57.56 AGL. ADV. TO TOTAL ADV. 18 22.44 Lending to Weaker Section 10 25.78 Lead Bank in Assam:: Bank State Bank of India United Bank of India UCO Bank Lead Districts 7 Districts ( Baksa, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Dima Hasao, Karbi, West Karbi and Udalguri) 15 Districts ( Cachar, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Jorhat, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Hojai, Sivaagar, Charaideo, Tinsukia and Majuli ) 11 Districts ( Barpeta, Darrang, Dhubri, South Salmara-Mancachar,Goalpara,Kamrup(Rural), Kamrup(Metro), Kokrajhar, Nalbari, Sonitpur and Biswanath.) Financial Inclusion: All Banks No. of Bank Branches 2396 No of BCs 5822 No of Blocks 219 No of SSA allocated 3699 No of SSA covered 3699 No. of Wards 852 No. of Wards covered 852 Total No of Households 5142857 Total No. of H/H covered 5142857
Level of Deposits and Advances in the State During last four years (Rs. in Crs.) 140000 120000 121978.16 100000 100833.99 107973.06 80000 87168.75 Deposits 60000 54371.52 57645.58 Advances 40000 37902.92 43142.92 20000 0 31.03.2014 31.03.2015 31.03.2016 31.03.2017 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 Level of Agl Advances during last four years (Rs. in Crs.) 7497.58 8878.37 11910.33 12938.49 31.03.2014 31.03.2015 31.03.2016 31.03.2017 Advance