Karimganj district is bounded by the state of Mizoram and Tripura, sister district Cachar and Hailakandi, and neighbour country Bangladesh. The district covers an area of 1.809 Sq.Km. The major rivers of the district are Kushiara, Longai, Singal and Barak.
The present Karimganj district before Independence was one of the Sub divisions of the district of Sylhet in the State of Assam. Earlier it was in Bengal's Surma Valley - a part of Bengal plains. The district is situated between 92-15’ Longitude &92-35’east & between Latitude 24-15, &25-54’ north. Karimganj is the extreme South Western Dist. of Assam. The district along with rest of south Assam is geographically isolated from the main land of India with a poor connectivity by road through Meghalaya State. It is also connected through Metre gauge line starting from Lumding. The economy of the district is predominantly agricultural & forest based.
Karimganj started functioning independently as a district from AUGUST’1986.
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