Basugaon

Basugaon
Basugaon
Town
	Basugaon Location in Assam, India Basugaon Basugaon (India)
	Coordinates: 26°28′N 90°24′E / 26.47°N 90.4°ECoordinates: 26°28′N 90°24′E / 26.47°N 90.4°E
Country	India
State	Assam
District	Chirang
Government
• Body	Basugaon Municipal Board
Elevation	47 m (154 ft)
Population (2019)
• Total	27,350
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	783372
Vehicle registration	AS-26 (Chirang) AS-19 (Bongaigaon)

Basugaon (IPA:ˈbɑːsʊˌgɑ̃ʊ) is a Town in Chirang District of Assam, India. The name of this town is derived from its high bamboo plantation and bamboo market basically "basu" or "bash" means bamboo and "gaon" means village that is Basugaon, 'The village of bamboo'. It is an industrial town and a Municipal Board area. It is a neighbourhood of Bongaigaon UA, and it is situated approximately 180 km from Guwahati City in the western part of the Lower Assam Region.

Popular temples[edit]

Raja Thakur Mandir
Kali Bari,chalk bazar
Govinda Mandir
Ram Krishna Ashram
Gouria Math
Shiv Bari.
Pagla Bastav, Bijoygaon
Basugaon Shasan Kali Mandir.
Durga Bari
Satsang Kendra, Basugaon, Rajacharang.
Basugaon Bhutiapara Shive Mandir, Basugaon

Education[edit]

Schools[edit]

There are a good number of schools, but those providing secondary education are few. Renowned among them are:

Basugaon Higher Secondary School
Netaji Subhas Vidyanekitan Higher Secondary School, Basugaon (Subhas Nagar)
Raja Ajit Narayan Dev Girls' High School, Goglapara, Basugaon
St. Xaviers Residential School, Nichinapara, Basugaon
St. Francis Convent School, Nehalgaon, Basugaon
Vivekananda Budsland Academy, Basugaon
Bijoygaon High School, Bijoygaon, Basugaon
Ganpith Jatia Vidyalaya, Basugaon
Geolang High School, Ranchaidham, Basugaon
JNV, Kokrajhar
Gurukul National Senior Secondary School, Basugaon
Kidzee
Basugaon J.B. School

Colleges[edit]

Basugaon College
Acharya Junior College
Basugaon Junior College
Gurukl National Senior Secondary School, Basugaon

Transport[edit]

Rail[edit]

Basugaon falls under the Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways. There are two stations in Chirang District – Basugaon and Bijni. Basugaon Station is the nearest station for New Bongaigaon Jn. is considered to be the Adarsh Station of India (a railway flyover is under construction).

Roadways[edit]

National Highway 31 connects Basugaon with the states Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. National Highway 37 from Goalpara in Assam to Dimapur in Nagaland traverses the entire length of Assam and connects Basugaon with almost all the major cities of Assam including the cities of Jorhat and Dibrugarh. National Highway 31C connects Basugaon to Guwahati and National Highway 37 also connects Basugaon with Guwahati.

Basugaon-Kashikotra Road (Towards NH-)
Basugaon-Kokrajhar Road (via Salakati)
Basugaon-Bongaigaon Road (via Dangtol)
Basugaon-Talguri Road (Towards NH-)

Demographics[edit]

Religion in Basugaon
Religion			Percent
Hindu			87.50%
Islam			10.07%
Christianity			2.00%
Others			0.88%

Ethnic Groups in BASUGAON
Language			Percent
Bengali			43.83%
Assamese			40.47%
Santhal			15.70%

Localities in Basugaon[edit]

References[edit]

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