Cachar district

Cachar ( and : কাছাড় Kasaŗ, : কাছাড় Kachhaŗ) is an administrative in the state of  in. The district headquarters are located at. The district occupies an of 3786  and has a  of 1,442,141 (as of ). has a status of Official Language in this district.

Silchar is one of the most important business centres of Assam. It is also one of the 6 cities of Assam to have an airport. is one of best engineering colleges in India.

Though Indian states are formed based on language, surprisingly Cachar continued to be a part of Assam instead of being merged with Bengali speaking Tripura. Barak is the main river of this area.