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Coordinates: 26°21′01″N 92°40′47″E / 26.3503828°N 92.6795912°E / 26.3503828; 92.6795912
Country	India
State	Assam
Region	Central Assam
District	Nagaon
No. Of Wards	28
Established	1832
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Nagaon Municipal Board
• MLA	Sri Rupak Sarmah, BJP
• District Commissioner	Shri Narendra Kumar Shah, IAS
• Superintendent Of Police	Shri Nabaneet Mahanta
Area
• Total	2,287 km (883 sq mi)
• Rank	5th in Assam
Population
• Total	209,000
• Rank	4th in Assam
Demonym	Nagaoian/Nagaowese
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	782001 to 782003
Telephone code	03672
ISO 3166 code	IN-AS
Vehicle registration	AS-02
Sex Ratio	981 ♀️/ 1000 ♂️
Climate	Cwa
Official Language	Assamese
Literacy Rate	87.34% high
Lok Sabha Constituency	Nowgong
Vidhan Sabha Constituency	Nagaon, Raha, Barhampur, Batadroba, Dhing, Rupohihut, Samaguri, Kaliabor
Website	nagaon.assam.gov.in

Nagaon is a city and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated 122.6 kilometres (76 mi) east of Guwahati. With a population of 1,16,355 as per 2011 census it is an AMRUT City and 4th biggest city of Assam.

History

This division was organised on both banks of the Kalang river by Momai Tamuli Borbarua in 1611 during the reign of Pratap Singha. Its settlement was completed during the reign of Gadadhar Singha. Nagaon was under the administration of the Borphukan. From Nagaon 1,310 soldiers took part in the Kachari invasion of Swargadeo Rudra Singha in 1707.

Geography

The Kolong River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River, flows through Nagaon and in the process divides the city into two distinct regions: Nagaon and Haibargaon.

Nagaon is bounded on the north by the Sonitpur district and the Brahmaputra River. On the south, it borders the West Karbi Anglong district, Dima Hasao and Hojai District. On the east it is bounded by the Karbi Anglong district and the Golaghat district, while on the west it neighbours the Marigaon district.

There are several beels, marshy areas and swamps in the district, including the regions of Marikalong, Potakalong, Haribhanga, Jongalbalahu, Samaguri Beel, Gatanga Beel Urigadang and Nawbhanga. These wetlands are former channels of the Kolong and Kopili rivers.

Climate

Nagaon has been ranked 25th best “National Clean Air City” under (Category 3 population under 3 lakhs cities) in India.

Transport

Road

There is very good availability of buses playing from Guwahati, Jorhat and Tezpur to Nagaon, There is flexibility of timings. Plenty of government and private buses travel between Guwahati and Nagaon. The district lies about 120 km east of Guwahati with an average travel time of 2 hours. Nagaon is about 190 km from Jorhat and 75 km from Tezpur. Taxies are available for hire from all major destinations to Nagaon.

Railway

There are two railway stations in Nagaon town, one at Haibargaon (Dhing gate) and another at Nagaon. The nearest railway junction is at Chaparmukh, which is around 28 km from Nagaon.

Airport

The nearest airport is Tezpur Airport. The nearest international airport is Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati.

Demographics

Languages spoken in Nagaon city (2011)

As of 2011 India census, Nagaon city had a population of 155,889 making it one of the largest cities of Assam. The population is largely of heterogeneous nature. Indigenous Assamese communities along with tribal communities like Karbi, Tiwa (Lalung) are the natives of the city. Assamese is spoken by 70,039 people, Bengali is spoken by 33,978, Hindi is spoken by 15,926 people and 35,946 speaks others languages.

Politics

Nagaon is part of the Lok Sabha constituency of Nowgong. Rupak Sarmah of BJP is the current MLA of Nowgong (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Pradyut Bordoloi of Indian National Congress is the current MP of Nowgong (Lok Sabha constituency).

Education

Modern education was first introduced in the district by Christian missionaries, such as Miles Bronson and Nathan Brown in the nineteenth century. Anandaram Dhekial Phukan, a major figure in Assamese literature, spent the better part of his life in Nagaon, and the Assamese intellectual Gunabhiram Barua worked in Nagaon for about two decades.

Schools

The Nowgong Mission High School, established by Miles Bronson in 1846 is one of the oldest school in Assam. It also has the third oldest government school in Assam, the Nowgong Government Boys' Higher Secondary School, established in 1865. Another old school is the Dawson Higher Secondary & Multipurpose School.

Prominent English Medium Schools:

1. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Nagaon
2. Christ Jyoti School
3. Nowgong Mission High School
4. St. Ignatius Loyola English Medium High School
5. St. Antony's High School
6. Little Flower School
7. Model English School
8. Nagaon English Academy
9. Sandipani Vidyamandir
10. St. Boniface High School
11. Riverdale School

School having both English and Assamese medium

1. Ramanujan Secondary School

Other Schools of Repute:

1. Shankardev Shishu Niketan, Nagaon
2. National Academy Nagaon
3. Nowgong Government Boys' Higher Secondary School
4. Nowgong Government Girls' Higher Secondary School
5. Nagaon Bengali Boys' Higher Secondary School
6. Nagaon Bengali Girls' Higher Secondary School
7. Government Urban Basic School
8. Dawson Higher Secondary and Multipurpose School
9. Om Prakash Jajodia Girls' Hindi High School
10. Marwari Hindi high School
11. Nabarup Jatiya Vidyapith
12. Navaroop jatiya vidyapith
13. Haibargaon Adarsha High School

Colleges

At present, there are about 25 colleges, of which probably the most renowned are

1. Nowgong College ( Nagaon University)
2. Nagaon Engineering College (New Gatanga Engineering College) Located in New Gatanga
3. New Gatanga Food Craft Institute, Rangagorah
4. A.D.P. College (named after Anandaram Dhekial Phookan)
5. Khagarijan College (named after the old administrative headquarters of Nowgong District)
6. Nowgong Girls' College
7. Nowgong Law College
8. Nagaon G.N.D.G. Commerce College
9. Pioneer Arts College
10. College of Education, Nagaon

Besides these there are a number of junior colleges that have sprung up in Nagaon. As such many students from the neighboring districts also come to study in these colleges. Some of these are

1. Ramanujan Junior College
2. Concept Junior College
3. Geetanjali Junior College (regarded as the best college for Commerce Department)
4. Renaissance Junior College
5. Alpha Beta College (Jr.)
6. Kalong-Kapili Vidyapith Junior College
7. Kalongpar Vidyapith Junior College
8. Bharali's Academy Junior College
9. Nagaon Junior College
10. Srimanta Sankardev Junior College
11. Madhabdev Junior College
12. Dronacharya Junior College
13. Chanakya Junior College
14. Matrix Junior College
15. Dimension Junior College
16. Gyanpith Junior College
17. CV Raman Junior College
18. Dr. S.R.K. Junior College
19. Anandaram Baruah Junior College
20. Kamala Kanta Barua Junior College
21. Nonoi Junior college
22. Abhigyan Junior college
23. Daswani Classes (Domain Academy)
24. Gurukul Global Academy, Nagaon.

Assam Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital

The Assam Homeopathic College is situated in Haibargaon, Nagaon. The institute was established in the year 1968. It is the first homeopathic medical college of the entire North East India.

Nowgong Polytechnic

Nagaon is also home to Nowgong Polytechnic, one of the oldest technical education institutes in Assam.

Nagaon also has an ITI at Panigaon.

The College of Fisheries

The College of Fisheries, the only college of its kind in the entire northeastern India, is located in Raha and comes under the academic management of Assam Agricultural University in Jorhat.

Medical College

The foundation stone of the Nagaon Medical College and Hospital was laid by the then chief minister of Assam Mr. Tarun Gogoi in February 2016. The construction work on the same has officially begun from 18 February 2017. On 14 April 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the college and Hospital, along with All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati and two other medical colleges.

University

1. Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyalaya

Nagaon is home to the Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyalaya, which offers postgraduate and doctorate level courses.

2. Nagaon University

As of 2024, Nowgong College has been declared as a university. However, official status from the University Grants Commission of India (UGC) is pending.

Notable people

• Lakshminath Bezbaroa, poet, novelist and writer
• Jatin Bora, actor
• Lakshmi Nandan Bora, novelist
• Mahim Bora, writer
• Mayur Bora, writer
• Bharat Ratna Gopinath Bordoloi, First Chief Minister of Assam
• Pradyut Bordoloi, Former Cabinet Minister, Lok Sabha MP from Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency
• Hima Das, athlete
• Birendra Nath Datta, academician, linguist, author
• Pabitra Kumar Deka, journalist and humor writer
• Rashmi Desai, actress
• Diganta Hazarika, actor
• Rakibul Hussain, politician, former cabinet minister
• Khagen Mahanta, singer
• Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Politician, Former Chief Minister of Assam
• Papon, singer, musician
• Bhabendra Nath Saikia, writer, director and editor
• Srimanta Sankardev, Saint
• Parveen Sultana, classical singer.

Sports

The multipurpose Nurul Amin Stadium of Nagaon is named after the sportsperson late Nurul Amin. It hosts the famous Independence Day Cup football tournament every year wherein most of the teams of national repute participate. Other sports like cricket, hockey, kabaddi etc. are also played in this stadium, and sports training programs are also held here.

Hima Das who is an Indian sprinter and the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in a track event at the IAAF World U20 Championships was born in Dhing, a town in Nagaon.

Photo gallery

• The Kolong river flowing through Nagaon
• An area of Nagaon Town
• Haibargaon, a commercial area of Nagaon
• Nagaon District Library
• A temporary jewellery shop on a footpath of Nagaon
• A typical weekly market in a village of Nagaon District
• Local people busy in paddy field of Nagaon

See also

• New Gatanga
• Samaguri
• Dabaka
• Hojai
• Kaliabor

References

1. Nityananda Gogoi, Historical Geography of Medieval Assam. p. 277.
2. "Indian Express दिल्ली epaper dated Sat, 15 Feb 14". epaper.jansatta.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
3. "Gatanga Beel (গটঙা বিল)". gatangabeel.business.site. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
4. "Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024" (PDF). Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024. 7 September 2024.
5. District Website, Nagaon (22 April 2022). "Nagaon -Location, Access". Nagaon District Website. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
6. ^ 2011 Censuscensusindia.gov.in Archived 27 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine
7. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
8. District Website, Nagaon (22 April 2022). "Nagaon - Location, Approach". Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
9. Nagaon, District Website (22 April 2022). "Nagaon District at a Glance". District Website. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
10. "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
11. "PM Modi Dedicates Northeast's 1st AIIMS, 3 New Medical Colleges In Assam". NDTV. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

External links

Media related to Nagaon at Wikimedia Commons

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