assam

3. Established
15 August 1947 (65 years ago)
Capital
Dispur
Largest city
Guwahati
Districts
27
Population (2011)
• Total
31,205,576
• Rank
14th
• Density
398/km2 (1,000/sq mi)

4.  Total area of Assam is 78,438 square kilometers in census 2011.
 Total Population of Assam is 31,205,576 as per census 2011.
1.Male :- 15,939,443.
2.Female :- 15,266,133.
 Square Kilometer : Average density of Assam is 398 per sq. km.
 Female Sex ratio of Assam is 958 females per 1000 males.
 Population growth rate of Assam was 17.07 percent during the 2001-2011 period.
 Average literacy rate of Assam is 72.19 percent.
1.Male :- 77.85 percent.
2,Female :-63.00 percent.

5. Assam
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The state is a gateway to Northeast India. Guwahati is the largest
city of the state.
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Assam is known for its tea, petroleum resources,
diversity.
and bio-
Assam is becoming an increasingly popular destination for wildlife tourism. Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park
are registered as world-heritage sites.
→ Assam is located in the Northeast of India. The state shares its
borders with Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram,
Meghalaya, Tripura and West Bengal.
→ The state shares international borders with Bangladesh and the
Kingdom of Bhutan.
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Assamese and Bodo are the official languages.

6. Assam’s GSDP
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At current prices, the Gross State Domestic
Product (GSDP) of Assam was US$ 24.0 billion
in 2011-12.
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The average annual GSDP growth rate was 10.6
per cent from 2004-05 to 2011-12.
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
24.0
22.8
19.5
17.6
17.6
14.2 CAGR
13.4
11.8
0
5
10
15
20
US$ billion
10.6%
25
30

7. US$
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
750.5 781.8
603.2 595.3
422.5
470.4 494.4
651.2

10. Percentage Distribution of GSDP
100
80
46.9
48.8
40
18.8
17.0
20
34.3
34.2
2004-05
2011-12
60
0
Primary Sector
Secondary Sector
Tertiary Sector

11. Economic Snapshot – FDI Inflows &
Investments
Break up of Outstanding Investments by Sector (2011-12)
3.5%
0.2%
Services
10.1%
Manufacturing
36.0%
16.3%
Electricity
Mining
Irrigation
33.9%
Real Estate

12. Physical Infrastructure – Airports
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Assam has an international airport at Guwahati known as Lokpriya
Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.
Dibrugarh
Lakhimpur
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The Airport Authority of India plans to make Guwahati Airport as
Jorhat
one of the majorGuwahati Tezpur
international airports of India, connecting
Southeast Asia with India.
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Silchar
The
state
also
has
six
domestic
airports,
at
Guwahati, Tezpur, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Silchar and North
International airport
Lakhimpur.
Domestic airport
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Guwahati Airport received 2.2 million passengers during 2011-12.

13. Physical Infrastructure – Inland Waterways
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Assam’s major river routes are the Brahmaputra and the Barak rivers, with a
combined navigable length of around 1,000 km.
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Seven port locations are operational in the state for import and export to the
Kolkata and Haldia ports.
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The river Brahmaputra is known as the National Waterway No 2 (The Ganges is
known as the National Waterway No 1).
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The Directorate of Inland Water Transport (IWT) and Central Inland Waterways
Corporation of Assam.
Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) operates an Inland Container
Depot (ICD) at Amingaon, 10 km from Guwahati. Two bonded warehouses of
CONCOR along with a private warehouse (total area of 6,400 sq m) operate from
the ICD.
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14. Physical Infrastructure – Roads
Road Type
Road Length (km)
Total Road Length
42,641
National Highways
2,836
State Highways
3,134
Major District Roads
4,413
Rural Roads
30,844

15. Physical Infrastructure – Telecom
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According to Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI), Assam
had nearly 14.0 million wireless
subscribers and 230,987 wire-line
subscribers as of January 2012.
Telecom Infrastructure (January
2012)
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The state also had 90,245 broadband
subscribers as of December 2011.
As of December 2011, the state had
597 telephone exchanges.
14,009,48
3
Wire-line Subscribers
230,987
Broadband Subscribers*
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Wireless Subscribers
90,245
Post Offices**
4,006
Telephone Exchanges*
597
Some of the Major Telecom Operators in
Assam
Reliance Communications
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
Bharti Airtel
Aircel Limited
Vodafone Essar
IDEA Cellular
Tata Teleservices

16. Education
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Assam has a literacy rate of 73.2 per
cent.
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The State Government is taking several
steps to encourage setting up of various
educational
complexes
for
skill
development. The State Government has
formed a steering committee and 27
institute management committees, to
facilitate close coordination between
industry and academia.
Premier Institutions in
Assam
• Gauhati University,
Guwahati
• Assam University, Silchar
• Assam Agricultural
University, Jorhat
• Indian Institute of
Technology, Guwahati
• National Institute of
Technology, Silchar
• Assam Medical College,
Dibrugarh
• Gauhati Medical College
and Hospital, Guwahati

17. Social Infrastructure – Health
Health Infrastructure
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State Level Hospital: 1
District Hospitals: 22
Sub Divisional Civil Hospitals: 13
Primary Health Centres: 844
Dispensaries: 261
Sub-Centres: 4,592

18. Key Industries
Key industries in Assam
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Assam produces over 50 per cent of
the tea produced in India.
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As of March 2011, there were
34,327 registered Small Scale
Industrial (SSI) / Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises (MSME) units
in the state.
• Tea
• Coal, Oil and Gas
• Limestone and Cement
• Agriculture and Horticulture
• Food Processing
• Tourism
• Traditional Cottage Industry
• Sericulture

19. Assam
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Key Industries – Tea
Tea occupies an important place among all the agriculturebased industries in Assam.
About 17 per cent of the workers of Assam are engaged in the
tea industry.
→ Assam produces over 50 per cent of the tea produced in India
and about one-sixth of the tea produced in the world.
→ In 2010-11, total tea production in the state was 525,000 tonnes.
→ Tea is grown both in the Brahmaputra and the Barak plains.
Tea gardens are mostly found in the districts of
Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Nagaon and
Sonitpur.
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The Government has secured a Geographical Indication (GI)
for the tea produced in the state. As a result ‘Assam Tea’ is
known as ‘Assam Orthodox Tea’.

20. TEA INDUSTRIES
Assam Tea Corp Ltd
Williamson Magor
Group
Assam Company
India Ltd
Apeejay Tea
Ltd

21. Energy: Coal, Oil and Gas.
Indian Oil Corp
Ltd (IOCL)
Coal India Ltd
(CIL)
Oil and Natural Gas Corp
Ltd (ONGC)
Oil India Ltd
(OIL)

22. CEMENT
Cement Corp of India Ltd
(CCI)
Barak Valley
Cements Ltd
Jaypee Cements Ltd

23. Medicinal Herbs and Plants
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Assam, with its vast hills and forests, is home to a variety of
medicinal herbs and plants. About 300 types of medicinal herbs and
plants are found in abundance in the state with the Brahmaputra
Valley, itself, having 150 varieties of herbs and plants of
commercial value.
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Medicinal herbs and plants in the state are Sarpagandha (rauvolfia
serpentine Benth.ex.Kur), Pippali (Piper longam Linn), Amlakhi
(Emblica Officinalis Gaertn), Hilikha (Terinalia Chebula
Retz.), Bhomora (Terminalia belerica), Arjuna (Terminalia arjuna
Wight & Arn.) etc.

24. Assam
Key Industries in Major Districts
District
Industries
Barpeta
Metal, Mastarted Oil Mill
Bongaigaon
Dibrugarh
Jorhat
Textiles, Dairy, Aluminium, Oil and
Natural Gas
Fertilizer, Petroleum and Natural Gas
Tea, Cement, Pharmaceuticals,
Aluminium and Food Products
Karimganj
Cement
North Cachar Hills
Cement
Sivasagar
Tea, Oil and Natural Gas
Tinsukia
Tea, Coal, Oil and Natural Gas

25. Religions
Religion in Assam
Religion
Percent
Hinduism
Islam
64.92%
30.93%
Christianity
3.71%
Others
0.45%

27. Cultural Infrastructure
→ Assam
is home to many ethnic groups and
different cultures. The state is rich in folk
music; different styles include regional
folk music, ethnic folk music and bihu songs,
among others.
→ Assam has a rich tradition of performing
arts. Ankiya Nat (Onkeeya Naat) is a
traditional dance-drama (bhaona) form,
popular since the 15th century A.D.
→ The Bihu dance, Kushan Nritya, Sattriya and
Banjar Kekan are some of the popular dance
forms of Assam.
→ Guwahati is the major centre for sporting
facilities.
The
sports
infrastructure

28. Food

29. Temples

30. Dress and Dance

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