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Hojai district | |
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Coordinates (Hojai): 26°00′N 92°52′E / 26.0°N 92.87°E | |
Country | India |
State | Assam |
Division | Central Assam |
Headquarters | Sankardev Nagar, Hojai |
Tehsils | 3 |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Nowgong |
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Hojai, Jamunamukh, Lumding |
Area | |
• Total | 1,686 km2 (651 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 931,218 |
• Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
District & Sessions Judge | Sri Aditya Hazarika, AJS |
Official language | Assamese[1] |
Associate official language | Meitei (Manipuri) |
Current MLA | Ramkrishna Ghosh Sibu Misra Sirajuddin Ajmal |
Chief Judicial Magistrate | Sri Shakti Sharma, AJS, M.COM, LLB. |
Website | hojai |
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]