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Fact file - ASSAM

Introduction about Assam

AREA

78, 438 sq. km

CAPITAL

Dispur

ATTAINED STATEHOOD

August 15, 1947

POPULATION (2001 census)

26, 638, 407

INDIA RANKING IN POPULATION FIGURES (2001census)

DISTRICTS

LITERACY RATE (2001 census)

64.28

LANGUAGES

Assamese, Hindi, English.

LEGISLATURE

Unicameral

CLIMATE

Summer	Maximum 38 degrees Celsius Minimum 20 degrees Celsius
Winter	Maximum 30 degrees Celsius Minimum 10 degrees Celsius

RAINFALL

200- 300 cms annual average

CLOTHING

Summer:-(April to October): Cotton
Winter:-( November to March): Woollen

SEASON TO VISIT

October to April

Information offices:

1.Government of India Regional Tourist Office
G.L. Publication Complex, G.S. Road, Ulubari,
Guwahati- 781007 (Assam)
Tel: 456158
Telefax: 547407
GRAM:INDTOUR: e-mail: goitoguw@asm.nic.in

2. Government of India information counter
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport,
Tel: 840204

3. Directorate of Tourism, Assam
Station Road, Guwahati- 781001
Tel: 542748, fax: (0361) 547102
E-mail: astdcorp@gwl.net.in
www.assamtourism.com
Tourism information counter

4. Assam Tourism Information Counter
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati.

5. Tourist Information Counter
Govt of Assam, 8 Russel Street,
Kolkata- 700071
Tel: 2295094

6. Tourist Information Counter
Govt of Assam, B-1 Baba Kharak Singh Marg,
New Delhi- 110001
Tel: 3345897

7. Tourist Information Counter
Govt of Assam, Pradhan Nagar,
Siliguri- 734403(West- Bengal)

8. Tourist Information Counter
Railway station, Guwahati-781001

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