Basugaon

Basugaon বাসুগাঁও
Town
Basugaon Show map of Assam Basugaon Show map of India Location in Assam, India
Coordinates: 26°28′N 90°24′E / 26.47°N 90.4°E / 26.47; 90.4Coordinates: 26°28′N 90°24′E / 26.47°N 90.4°E / 26.47; 90.4
Country	India
State	Assam
District	Chirang
Government
• Body	Basugaon Town Committee
Elevation	47 m (154 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	12,441
Languages
• Official	Assamese , Bengali
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	783372
Vehicle registration	AS

Basugaon (IPA:ˈbɑːsʊˌgɑ̃ʊ) is a town and a town area committee in Chirang district in the state of Assam, India.

Popular temples

• Raja Thakur Mandir
• Kali Mandir,Chalk Bazar.
• Govinda Mandir
• Ram Krishna Ashram
• Gouria Math
• Shiv Bari.
• Pagla Bastav.Bijoygaon.
• Basugaon Shasan Kali Mandir.
• Durga Bari.

Important services

• Town Committee
• Basugaon PHC
• Basugaon PHE
• Basugaon Water Service
• Basugaon Animal Dispensary
• State Bank of India
• Assam Gramin Vikesh Bank
• Mini LICI office, Basugaon
• Oriental Insurance Micro office,Basugaon
• Basugaon Telephone Exchange
• Basugaon Post Office
• Police Station.Basugaon
• SBI Customer Service Point

Education

Schools

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

1. Basugaon Higher Secondary School

2. Netaji Subhas Vidyanekitan Higher Secondary School, Basugaon Subhas Nagar w/no.1

3. Raja Ajit Narayan Dev Girls' High School, Goglapara

4. St. Xaviers Residential School, Nichinapara

5. St. Francis Convent School, Nehalgaon

6. Vivekananda Budsland Academy.Basugaon w/no.1 sishumagal.

7. Bijoygaon High School. Bijoygaon

8. Ganpith Jatia Vidyalaya. Basugaon.

9. GEOLANG HIGH SCHOOL.Ranchaidam

10. JNV. Ranchaidam

Colleges

• Basugaon College
• Acharya Junior College
• Basugaon Junior College

Transport

Rail

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.

Roadways

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-)

References

Demographics

Loacality in Basugaon

• Subhas nagar
• Gogla para
• Thuri bari
• Garu bazar
• Nichinapara
• Nehalgaon
• sishumagal
• Ranchaidam
• Bijoygaon

External links

		Bhutan
	Kokrajhar district, Assam		Bongaigaon district
		Basugaon
		Dhubri district	Bongaigaon district

• Basugaon official govt. website

1. ↑ Report - BASUGAON Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt of India