Majuli - River (List of rivers in India) Brahmaputra - State (States and territories of India) Assam - District (Districts of India) Jorhat - Location (Location (geography)) coord27N94E - Area 421.65 km� (2001) - Elevation 84.5 m - Population 140,000

Majuli or Majoli (Assamese: ??????) is a fluvial island in the Brahmaputra river (Brahmaputra), in the Indian state of Assam. Majuli is the one of the largests riverine islands in the world and the largest freshwater island in South Asia. Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada is actually the largest freshwater island in the world. Majuli had a total area of km2 to mi21250abbr=on, but now having lost significantly to erosion it has an area of only km2 to mi2650abbr=on.Factdate=April 2009

The island is formed by the Brahmaputra river in the south and the Kherkutia Xuti, an anabranch of the Brahmaputra, joined by the Subansiri river in the north. The island is about 200 kilometres east from the states (states and territories of India) largest city — Guwahati, and is accessible by ferries from the town of Jorhat. The island was formed due to course changes by the river Brahmaputra and its tributaries, mainly the Lohit (Lohit River). Majoli is also the abode of the Assamese (Culture of Assam) neo-Vaisnavite culture.