Hojai district
Hojai district | |
|---|---|
Location in Assam | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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Hojai District is a district in Assam, India. It was formed on 15 August 2015. 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. Hojai was a part of the undivided Nowgong district (now Nagaon) of then Assam Province.
On 31 December 2022, the district was temporarily remerged into Nagaon district. On 25 August 2023, the Assam cabinet reinstated Hojai's district status.