Bongaigaon district
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Bongaigaon is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Bongaigaon. The district occupies an area of 2510 km² and has a population of 906,315 (as of 2001).
The district of Bongaigaon was created in 1989 from parts of the earstwhile Goalpara and Kokrajhar districts with the district headquarters being at Bongaigaon for better administration. It has three subdivisions; Bongaigaon, Bijni[[1]] and North Salmara. In 2004 parts of the Bongaigaon district (mainly areas under Bijni subdivision) were given over to form the Chirang district, under the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), with its district headquarter at Kajalgaon.
Bongaigaon district is surrounded by Barpeta in the east, the Brahmaputra in the south and Kokrajhar in north and west corner.
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