Biswanath district

Biswanath District
District of Assam
Vasudeva Doul
Location in Assam
Biswanath district
Country	India
State	Assam
Division	North Assam
Incorporated (District)	15 August 2015
Headquarter	Biswanath Chariali
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Tezpur
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Biswanath, Behali, Gohpur
Area
• Total	1,415 km2 (546 sq mi)
Elevation	48−849 m (157−2,787 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	612,491
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Assamese
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	AS-32
Website	biswanath.gov.in

Biswanath (IPA: ˌbɪswəˈnɑːθ ˈtʃɑːrɪˌælɪ) is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. It is one of newly created district in the year by 2015, declared by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on 15 August 2015.^[1][2]

The district is created amalgamating Gohpur and most part of Biswanath Sub division on earlier Sonitpur district. The district is bounded by Arunachal Pradesh on north, Golaghat, Brahmaputra River on the south, Lakhimpur district on the east and Sonitpur district on the west. The administrative headquarter is located at Biswanath Chariali.

On 31 December 2022, the district remerged with existing Sonitpur district ahead of delimitation process by ECI in the state.^[3]

However, on August 25, 2023, the Assam cabinet announced the restoration of Biswanath's district status.^[4]