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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tirap Gaon, Ledo
| other_name =
| nickname = Colliery
| settlement_type = village
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Tinsukia district|Tinsukia]]
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| postal_code = 786182
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'''Tirap Gaon''', [[Ledo, Assam|Ledo]] also known as '''Tirap Colliery''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/1938243/Tirap-Colliery|title=Map of Tirap Colliery}}</ref> is a small village in [[Margherita, Assam|Margherita]] Tehsil in [[Tinsukia district|Tinsukia District]] of [[Northeast India|north-eastern]] state [[Assam]], [[India]]. It is located around 3 km away from nearest town [[Ledo, Assam|Ledo]], 11 km away from sub-divisional town [[Margherita, Assam|Margherita]] and 60 km away from district headquarter [[Tinsukia]]. Tirap Gaon is connected to [[Makum]] by [[National Highway 38 (India, old numbering)|National Highway 38 (old numbering)]].

The Indian census counts Tirap Gaon as two villages: No.1 and No.2.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/18/1810_PART_A_DCHB_TINSUKIA.pdf | title=District Census Handbook: Tinsukia District | publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Assam | year=2011 | page=552 | access-date=16 November 2018 }}</ref>

This place is known for opencast coal mining since 1983<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neccoal.co.in/tirap.php|title=Welcome to North Eastern Coalfields, Margherita, Assam}}</ref> under [[North Eastern Coalfields]], a unit of Coal India Limited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neccoal.co.in/introduction.php|title=Welcome to NEC under Coal India Limited}}</ref> In 2018–2019, an international team of researchers discovered fossil impressions of two previously unknown species of bamboo (''[[Bambusiculmus tirapensis]]'' and ''[[Bambusiculmus makumensis]]'') in the Tirap coalmine. These fossils date back to about 25 million years ago, falling in the [[Oligocene|late Oligocene period]]. This discovery strengthened the theory that bamboo came to Asia from India and not from Europe. It also challenged the previous hypothesis that Asian bamboo spread from the Yunnan region of China to India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/india-is-home-to-asias-oldest-bamboo/article29605048.ece|title=India is home to Asia’s oldest bamboo|last=Pacha|first=Aswathi|date=2019-10-05|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-10-08|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Nearest town and villages ==
* [[Ledo, Assam]]
* [[Lekhapani]]
* [[Margherita, Assam|Margherita]]
* [[Tipong]]
* [[Jagun]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080205/jsp/northeast/story_8861508.jsp M.D.K. Girls’ College, Dibrugarh made an educational tour to Tirap Colliery]
* [http://www.sentinelassam.com/state1/story.php?sec=2&subsec=2&id=297440&dtP=2017-02-07&ppr=1 NEC Coal India Limited flayed for dismissing 340 security guards]
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Students-body-rallies-against-open-cast-mining/articleshow/51075852.cms Students' protest hits in Ledo Tirap coal field]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Tinsukia district]]
[[Category:Tinsukia]]

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