Hojai district

Hojai district
Location in Assam
Location in Assam
Map
Hojai district
Coordinates (Hojai): 26°00′N 92°52′E / 26.0°N 92.87°E / 26.0; 92.87
Country India
StateAssam
DivisionCentral Assam
HeadquartersSankardev Nagar, Hojai
Tehsils3
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesNowgong
 • Vidhan Sabha constituenciesHojai, Jamunamukh, Lumding
Area
 • Total
1,686 km2 (651 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
931,218
 • Density550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
District & Sessions JudgeSri Aditya Hazarika, AJS
Official languageAssamese[1]
Associate official languageMeitei (Manipuri)
Current MLARamkrishna Ghosh
Sibu Misra
Sirajuddin Ajmal
Chief Judicial MagistrateSri Shakti Sharma, AJS, M.COM, LLB.
Websitehojai.assam.gov.in

Hojai District is a district in Assam, India. It was formed on 15 August 2015.[2] The headquarters of the district is situated at Sankardev Nagar, which is about 8 km away from Hojai town. Hojai District was formed from three tehsils of Nagaon District, namely Hojai, Doboka and Lanka.[3] Hojai was a part of undivided Nowgong district (now Nagaon) of then Assam Province.

On 31 December 2022, the district was remerged temporarily into Nagaon district.[4] On 25 August 2023, the Assam cabinet reinstate Hojai's district status.[5]

  1. ^ "Assam assembly accords associate official language status to bodo". NDTV. 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Assam gets new district of Hojai" Archived 1 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Northeast Today
  3. ^ "Know about the District | Hojai District | Government Of Assam, India". hojai.assam.gov.in. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Assam govt remerges Biswanath, Hojai, Bajali and Tamulpur with original districts". 31 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Assam Cabinet decides to 'create' 4 districts". The Hindu. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

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