Dibrugarh situated on the banks of river Brahmaputra is a place to visit for its surrounding area, which comprises of forests. The Kaziranga National Forest is a place to visit near Dibrugarh. DIBRUGARH

Dibrugarh is the headquarters of Dibrugarh District, Assam, India.

The city of Dibrugarh, situated on the banks of the River Brahmaputra, in the Upper Districts of Assam, India, is the gateway to the three tea producing districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, and Jorhat. These three areas account for approximately 50% of India's Assam tea crop and this gives Dibrugarh its rightly earned sobriquet as the Tea city of India. Oil and Timber are the other big two industries in and around Dibrugarh.

            The district of Dibrugarh with only one sub-division is situated in the eastern part of Assam. The district is surrounded by Dhemaji district and a part of Lakhimpur district in the north, part of Sivasagar district and Arunachal Pradesh in the south, Tinsukia district in the East and Sivasagar dist in the West. The Brahmaputra River flows in the north.

            The river Brahmaputra flows throughout the North Western boundary of the district. The only tributary falling at Brahmaputra in the district is Buridihing tributary which divided the district from East to West. It touches the town Naharkatia in the East, Khowang in the middle and at the last part of its course forms the boundary line between Dibrugarh and Sibsagar districts. The Dibrugarh district is a plain district of Assam. The entire is flat with gradual slop from the East Arunachal hills to the West. The soil of the district is mostly fertile Alluvial soil and this adjorning with the river Brahmaputra are composed sand and clay in varying proportion.

            Oil and Tea are the major industries of the district. The headquarter of the Oil India Ltd. is located at Duliajan, at a distance of about 50 KM from Dibrugarh town. The Fertiliser Corporation of India and Assam Petro-Chemicals Ltd. At Namrup and the Assam Gas Co. at Duliajan, NEEPCO near Duliajan are some of the other major industries in the district.

Geography

Dibrugarh is located at 27.48° N 94.9° E.[1] It has an average elevation of 94 metres (308 feet).

 Demographics

As of 2007 India census,[2] Dibrugarh had a population of11,85,072. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dibrugarh has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82% and, female literacy is 80%. In Dibrugarh, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Dibrugarh is the education hub of upper Assam. With Dibrugarh University, Assam Medical College and numerous other institutes of repute it is a major contributor to the education scenario in Assam. The John Bery White Medical School established in 1914 was the first centre for formal medical education in North East India. This institution (Named after its founder) was upgraded to a Medical College on the 3rd of November 1947. Dibrugarh which is the headquarter of the district derived its name from Dibarumukh. The name derived from the mouth (mukh) of the river Dibaru or Dibru (Bodo word dibru, a blister) Dibarumukh was a renowned encampment of Ahoms during Ahom Chutia war. Earlier Dibrugarh was the district HQ of Undivided Lakhimpur district. In 1971 the Dibrugarh Sub-division itself became the full flaged district. Later on the Tinsukia Sub-division separated as district in 1989 from Dibrugarh district. But now Dibrugarh is a separate district having its own identity with the District HQ still in Dibrugarh town itself.