A citizen-built guide to the rivers, villages and people of Dhemaji
An independent, non-official information portal about Dhemaji district, Assam — made by a resident, for everyone who wants to know this land better.
A district shaped by its rivers
Dhemaji is the north-easternmost district of Assam, cradled between the Brahmaputra river and the foothills of Arunachal Pradesh. Known for its braided rivers, fertile paddy fields and the living culture of the Mising, Deori, Sonowal Kachari and Bodo Kachari communities, it is one of the most flood-shaped landscapes in the state.
Bordered by the hills of Arunachal Pradesh to the north and east, Lakhimpur district to the west, and the Brahmaputra river to the south, Dhemaji sits at one of the wettest, most river-carved corners of Assam — a fact that has shaped everything from its farming calendar to its festivals.
Read the full profile →- Sub-divisions2 (Dhemaji Sadar, Jonai)
- Revenue circles4 (Dhemaji, Jonai, Sissiborgaon, Gogamukh)
- Development blocks5 (Dhemaji, Murkongselek, Sissiborgaon, Bordoloni, Machkhowa)
- Assembly seatsDhemaji, Jonai & Sissiborgaon
- Lok Sabha seatLakhimpur
- Major languagesAssamese, Mising, Bengali
Latest updates
Notes, festival reminders and small updates posted from the admin dashboard.
Welcome to Dhemaji District Online
This website is a citizen initiative to bring information about Dhemaji district — its history, geography, culture and places of interest — to one place.…
Ali-Ai-Ligang season
The Mising community's spring sowing festival, Ali-Ai-Ligang, is celebrated every year in the month of Phagun with the Gumrag dance, traditional food and…
Places worth the journey
From riverside picnic spots to centuries-old temple ruins — a starting list, growing over time.
Ghuguha Dol
A site traditionally associated with the birth of Bamuni Konwar, son of the Ahom king Tyao Khamti, and built…
Habung
Believed to be the place where Ahom king Sukaphaa first set up his capital around 1240 AD, before recurring…
Bogibeel Bridge
A combined rail-and-road bridge across the Brahmaputra connecting the Dhemaji side of the river to Dibrugarh,…
Maa Manipuri Than
A temple established by Ahom king Gourinath Singha, historically linked to the resettlement of the Manipuri…
A district of many communities
Dhemaji is home to the Mising, Deori, Sonowal Kachari and Bodo Kachari communities alongside Assamese, Nepali and Bengali-speaking settlers. Roughly a third of the district's population speaks Mising as a first language — the second-most common tongue here after Assamese.
"Ali, Aye, Ligang" — seed, fruit, the start of sowing: the Mising spring festival that gives the whole district a holiday every Phagun.Festivals & communities →
- Scheduled Tribes~47% of population
- Scheduled Castes~6% of population
- Main festivalsAli-Ai-Ligang, Bihu
- Major tribeMising