Dima Hasao district
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district of Assam, India
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Assam
- Division
- Central Assam
- District created
- 2 February 1970
- Headquarters
- Haflong
- Type
- Autonomous district
- Body
- Dima Hasao Autonomous Council
- Chief executive member
- Debolal Gorlosa, BJP
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Autonomous District (shared with Karbi Anglong & West Karbi Anglong district)
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- Haflong
- Total
- 4,890 km (1,890 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 513 m (1,683 ft)
- Density
- 43.667/km (113.10/sq mi)
- Official
- English
- Most spoken
- See § Languages
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 788XXX
- Telephone code
- 91 - (0) 03673
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Capital
- Haflong
- Population
- 214102
- Area
- 4888
- Elevation
- 513
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Cachar district
- Official website
- nchills.gov.in
- Households
- 42252
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- Category:Dima Hasao district
- Commons category
- Dima Hasao district
- inception
- 1970-00-00
- male population
- 110802
- female population
- 103300
- urban population
- 62489
- rural population
- 151613
- literate population
- 140873
- illiterate population
- 73229
- short name
- DHO
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Encyclopedic overview
Dima Hasao district (/ˈdɪmə həˈsaʊ/), is an administrative district in the state of Assam, India. As of 2011, it is the least populous district of Assam.
Dima Hasao district is one of two autonomous hill districts of Assam. The district headquarters Haflong is the only hill station in the state.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dima Hasao district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.