Kamrup Metropolitan district
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district of Assam, India
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Assam
- Division
- Central Assam
- Headquarters
- Guwahati
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Gauhati
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- Jalukbari , Dispur , Gauhati East , Gauhati West
- Total
- 1,527.84 km (589.90 sq mi)
- Density
- 820.726/km (2,125.67/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Iso 3166 code
- IN-AS
- Website
- https://kamrupmetro.assam.gov.in/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Capital
- Guwahati
- Population
- 1253938
- Area
- 1527.84
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Kamrup district
- Official website
- kamrupmetro.nic.in
- Households
- 293112
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- short name
- KMT
- topic's main category
- Category:Kamrup Metropolitan district
- male population
- 647585
- female population
- 606353
- urban population
- 1037011
- rural population
- 216927
- literate population
- 1001191
- illiterate population
- 252747
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Encyclopedic overview
Kamrup Metropolitan district is one of the 35 districts in Assam state in north-eastern India. It was carved out of the erstwhile undivided Kamrup district in 2003 and covers an area equivalent to the area under the jurisdiction of the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority area. Dispur Legislative Assembly Constituency in Guwahati Metro district with 3.53 lakh voters is the largest constituency in Assam.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kamrup Metropolitan district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.