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Assam

State profile

🦏Fun factAssam's Kaziranga National Park holds two-thirds of the world's one-horned rhinos (a UNESCO site).

Factsheet

Capital: Dispur
Language(s): Assamese, Bodo
Formed: 1950
Area: 78,438 km²
Districts: 35
Head (2025): Himanta Biswa Sarma
State animal: 🐾 Indian rhinoceros
State bird: 🐦 White-winged duck
State flower: 🌸 Foxtail orchid
State tree: 🌳 Hollong

Report Card

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SDG India Index

65

#31 of 36India: 71

NITI Aayog· 2023-24

Economy

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Per-Capita NSDP

₹1.19 L

#29 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Unemployment Rate

3.9%

#18 of 36India: 3.2%

Labour Force Participation

66.9%

#9 of 36India: 60.1%

Healthcare

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Infant Mortality Rate

36 per 1,000

#18 of 22India: 28 per 1,000

Life Expectancy at Birth

67.7 yrs

#18 of 21India: 70.0 yrs

Total Fertility Rate

1.9

#8 of 35India: 2.0

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Institutional Births

84.1%

#26 of 35India: 88.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Child Stunting (under 5)

35.3%

#27 of 35India: 35.5%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Full Immunisation (12-23 mo)

66.4%

#27 of 31India: 76.4%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Education

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Literacy Rate

72.2%

#25 of 35India: 74.0%

Census 2011· 2011

Female Literacy Rate

66.3%

#22 of 34India: 65.5%

Census 2011· 2011

Higher Education GER

16.9%

#33 of 36India: 28.4%

AISHE· 2021-22

Law & Order

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IPC Crime Rate

167.1 per lakh

#15 of 36India: 258.1 per lakh

Crimes Against Women Rate

81.2 per lakh

#28 of 36India: 66.4 per lakh

Government Budget

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Debt-to-GSDP Ratio

26.4%

#8 of 31India: 28.1%

Demographics

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Population

3,12,05,576

#15 of 36India: 1,21,08,54,977

Census 2011· 2011

Sex Ratio

958 per 1,000 men

#16 of 36India: 943 per 1,000 men

Census 2011· 2011

Urban Population Share

14.1%

#33 of 35India: 31.2%

Census 2011· 2011

Decadal Population Growth

17.1%

#18 of 34India: 17.7%

Census 2011· 2011

Infrastructure

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Electricity Access

90.6%

#31 of 31India: 96.8%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Improved Sanitation

75.6%

#23 of 31India: 70.2%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Clean Cooking Fuel

51.9%

#23 of 31India: 58.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Agriculture

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Agriculture Share of GSVA

25.4%

#8 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Foodgrain Yield

2,351 kg/ha

#17 of 35India: 2,494 kg/ha

DA&FW· 2022-23

Net Irrigated Area

17.0%

#27 of 30India: 56.4%

DA&FW· 2022-23

Average Landholding Size

1.09 ha

#19 of 34India: 1.08 ha

Agri Census· 2015-16

Sports

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Khelo India Medals

25

#13 of 33

Khelo India· 2025

Tourism

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Domestic Tourist Visits

76,13,000

#22 of 36India: 2,50,96,27,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023

Foreign Tourist Visits

24,000

#26 of 36India: 1,92,46,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023