Assam: Key Facts and Basics for Competitive Exams

About Assam

Category	Details
Capital	Dispur
Largest City	Guwahati
Districts	35
Total Area	78,438 sq km
Latitude	24° N - 28° N
Longitude	90° E - 96° E
Population	31,205,576

Borders

Borders	Regions
North	Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh
East	Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, and Manipur
South	Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, and Bangladesh
West	West Bengal

Physiographic Divisions

Physiographic Divisions	Details
1	The Northern Himalayas (Eastern Hills)
2	The Northern Plains (Brahmaputra plain)
3	The Deccan Plateau (Karbi Anglong)

Hon'ble Dignitaries:

Position	Name
Hon'ble Governor of Assam	Lakshman Prasad Acharya
Chief Minister of Assam	Himanta Biswa Sarma
Speaker, Assam Legislative Assembly	Biswajit Daimary
Finance Minister, Government of Assam	Ajanta Neog

State Anthem

Category	Details
State Song of Assam	O Mur Apunar Dekh
Written by	Lakshminath Bezbarua
Attuned by	Kamala Prasad Agarwala
Official Adoption	Assam Student Conference, Tezpur, 1927

State Symbols

Category	English Term	Assamese Term
State Song	O my dearest country	O Mur Apunar Dekh
State Motto	Hail mother Assam	Joi Aai Axom
State Seal	Government of Assam	Axom sorkar
State Language	Assamese	Axomiya
State Literary Society	Assam Literary Society	Axom Xahityo Xobha
State Festival	Bihu	Bihu
State Dance	Bihu Dance	Bihu nas
State Flower	Foxtail Orchids	Kopou phul
State Tree	Dipterocarpus macrocarpus	Hollong
State Animal	One-horned rhinoceros	Gor
State Bird	White-winged wood duck	Deo haah