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.
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).
RoadwaysEdit
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.
^Report - BASUGAON[permanent dead link] Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt of India
August 28, 2023
basugaon, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, january, 2021, le. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Basugaon news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Basugaon IPA ˈbɑːsʊˌgɑ ʊ 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 BasugaonTownBasugaonLocation in Assam IndiaShow map of AssamBasugaonBasugaon India Show map of IndiaCoordinates 26 28 N 90 24 E 26 47 N 90 4 E 26 47 90 4Country IndiaStateAssamDistrictChirangGovernment BodyBasugaon Municipal BoardElevation47 m 154 ft Population 2019 Total27 350Time zoneUTC 5 30 IST PIN783372Vehicle registrationAS 26 Chirang AS 19 Bongaigaon Contents 1 Popular temples 2 Education 2 1 Schools 2 2 Colleges 2 3 Art School 3 Transport 3 1 Rail 3 2 Roadways 4 Demographics 5 Localities in Basugaon 6 ReferencesPopular temples EditRaja Thakur Mandir Sri Basudev Gauriya Math Basugaon Kali Bari chalk bazar Govinda Bari Ram Krishna Ashram Shiv Bari Pagla Bastav Bijoygaon Basugaon Shasan Kali Mandir Durga Bari Satsang Kendra Basugaon Rajacharang Basugaon Bhutiapara Shive Mandir BasugaonEducation EditSchools 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 High School Hekaipara 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 Town J B School Rajacharang LP SchoolColleges Edit Basugaon College Acharya Junior College Basugaon Junior College Gurukl National Senior Secondary School BasugaonArt School Edit Sangeet Shikhya amp Chitrakala kendra Basugaon Affiliated to Bangiya Sangeet Parishad Hawrah Kolkata amp Bhatkhande Sangeet Vidyapith Lucknow Rainbow art school S K Art Academy BasugaonTransport EditRail 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 EditReligion in Basugaon 1 Religion PercentHindu 87 50 Islam 10 07 Christianity 2 00 Others 0 88 Ethnic Groups in BASUGAONLanguage PercentBengali 43 83 Assamese 40 47 Santhal 15 70 Localities in Basugaon EditSubhas Nagar Chok Bazar Goglapara BHUTIAPARA Ram Krishna Ashram Road Garu bazar Nichinapara Nehalgaon sishumagal Ranchaidam Bijoygaon Basugaon main road Basugaon Champa Basuagon RAILWAY STATION ROAD Basugaon town committee road Basugaon college road Vivekananda pally Basugaon College Road Basugaon Chariali RajacharangReferences Edit Report BASUGAON permanent dead link Ministry of Minority Affairs Govt of India Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Basugaon amp oldid 1167381127, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
