Kokrajhar () is a Capital City in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an autonomous territory in Assam, one of the Northeast India of India.
History
Under the Kingdom of Bhutan
From the early 17th century to 1865, the Kokrajhar district was under the control of the Kingdom of Bhutan,
["While Bhutan generally enjoyed absolute possession of the eleven Bengal duars, its control over the seven Assam duars was not straightforward. Even during the Ahom rule, the Bhutanese did not gain full possession of the duar tracts. As a result, they are said to have harassed the population along the Assam frontiers with persistent incursions and raids."] until the
in 1865, when the
British Raj removed the Bhutanese influence and later the areas were merged into the undivided Goalpara district of the
India in 1949.
Geography
Kokrajhar is located at .
[ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kokrajhar] It has an average elevation of 38 metres (124 feet).
Climate
Demographics
Indian census,
Language
Bodo is the most spoken language at 58,830 speakers, followed by Bengali at 42,549, Assamese is spoken by 22,749 people and Hindi at 6,024.
| +Languages of kokrajhar district by circle
!Circle
!Bodo
!Bengali
!Assamese
!Santali
!Hindi
!Others |
| Kokrajhar (Pt) | 92125 | 63756 | 40480 | 21103 | 11333 | |
| Gossaigaon (Pt) | 76262 | 60576 | 34405 | 73103 | 7994 |
|
| Dotma | 53292 | 30310 | 49785 | 3833 | 2724 |
|
| Bhowraguri | 7465 | 37195 | 30225 | 1735 | 348 |
|
Transportation
Rupsi Airport is situated west from Kokrajhar City.
Kokrajhar is served by the government owned Assam State Transport Corporation, Bodoland Transport Services and many private bus operators.
The Kokrajhar railway station lies on the New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of Barauni–Guwahati line under the Northeast Frontier Railway with services to important cities of the country like Guwahati, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai etc.
Important trains like Rajdhani Express, Kamrup Express, Brahmaputra Mail, North East Express, Vivek Express, Garib Rath Express, Avadh Assam Express etc. have their stoppage at Kokrajhar railway station.
Education
The city has many schools and colleges with English being the sole medium of instruction in higher education. All the colleges under the jurisdiction of
Bodoland is affiliated under Bodoland University since 2017.
Secondary schools
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Don Bosco School, Kokrajhar
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U. N. Academy, Kokrajhar
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D N Himatsingka High School
Universities and colleges
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Bodoland University, Kokrajhar
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Kokrajhar Government College
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Commerce College, Kokrajhar
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Science College, Kokrajhar
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Bineswar Brahma Engineering College, Kokrajhar
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Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar
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Kokrajhar Medical College and Hospital
Politics
Kokrajhar consists of three assembly constituencies:
Kokrajhar East,
Kokrajhar West and Gossaigaon, which all are part of Kokrajhar (Lok Sabha constituency).
Joyanta Basumatary from United People's Party, Liberal is the current member of Lok Sabha from Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency.
Notable personalities
See also
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Kokrajhar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Sources
