Jorhat

Jorhat
Jorhat
Location in Assam
Jorhat
Jorhat (India)
Coordinates: 26°45′N 94°13′E / 26.75°N 94.22°E / 26.75; 94.22Coordinates: 26°45′N 94°13′E / 26.75°N 94.22°E / 26.75; 94.22
Country India
State Assam
Region Upper Assam
District Jorhat
Zone 3 (Central, East & West)
Ward 19
Jorhat Municipal Board 1909
Government
 • Body Jorhat Municipal Board
 • Deputy Commissioner Narayan Konwar, IAS
Area[1][2][3]
 • Total 109 km2 (42 sq mi)
Elevation 116 m (381 ft)
Population
 • Total 153,889 [4]
 • Density 3,048/km2 (7,890/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Assamese, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 785001
Telephone code 0376
Vehicle registration AS-03
Literacy 89.42 (2011)%
Legislature type Municipality
Lok Sabha constituency JORHAT
Vidhan Sabha constituency Jorhat
Planning agency JMB

Jorhat (/ˈdʒɔːrhɑːt/ ( listen)) is a city and one of the important urban centres in the state of Assam in India.[5] [6]

Geography

Jorhat City is located at 26°45′N 94°13′E / 26.75°N 94.22°E / 26.75; 94.22.[7] It has an average elevation of 116 metres (381 feet).

The municipal area stretches to 9 square kilometres (3.5 sq mi)[1] having 19 wards with a population of about 1.85 lakhs at present. The district spreads over 2,851 square kilometres (1,101 sq mi) and had a population of 870,000 according to a 1991 census. Population density at that time was 306 persons per square kilometre (793/sq mi). The sex ratio is 913 (913 females per 1000 males).

Demographics

In 2011, Jorhat District Urban population was 219,565 (includes population of Mariani, Titabor and Teok) of which males and females were 113,555 and 106,010 respectively, while the rural population was 871,730, male 444,389 and female 427,341.[8] There was an increase of 9.21 percent in the population compared to the population of 2001. In the previous census of India 2001, Jorhat recorded an increase of 14.69 percent to its population compared to 1991.[9]

The average literacy rate of Jorhat in 2011 was 91.39%. If things are viewed gender wise, male and female literacy were 93.63% and 88.99% respectively. The total literates in Jorhat were 182,600 of which male and female were 96,806 and 85,794 respectively.

With regards to the sex ratio in Jorhat, it stood at 934 females per 1000 males, according to the Census 2011 Directorate.

Culture

Jorhat has been able to produce many creative writers, historians, journalists, et cetera. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya, the first Assamese to win India's highest literature award, the Jnanpith Award, was from Jorhat.[10]

Media

Six established daily newspapers published from Jorhat are - Dainik Janambhumi, Amar Asom, Dainik Agradoot and Asomiya Khobor in Assamese, The Purbanchal Prohori in Hindi and The Telegraph in English. The Eastern Clarion was the first English daily published from the city, but it went into administration. Apart from the dailies weekly newspaper like Saptahik Janambhumi also published from Jorhat. City Guide of Jorhat was the first yellow pages, published in July 1987. The first online yellow pages of Jorhatmycity was initiated since Jan, 2013.

Jorhat has a radio broadcast station of All India Radio (AIR) located in the outskirts of the city at Garmur.

Transport

Air

Jorhat Airport (JRH), commonly known as Rowriah Airport, is located at Rowriah which is within the city itself, approximately seven kilometres (4.3 mi) from the city centre. The airport has flights to Delhi Kolkata and Guwahati by Jet Airways and Indigo Airlines. The airport is controlled by the Airports Authority of India.

Rail

Jorhat falls under the Tinsukia railway division of Northeast Frontier Railway zone. The Jorhat Town railway station lies on the Furkating-Jorhat-Mariani branch line, has train services like Guwahati Jorhat Town Jan Shatabdi Express, Guwahati - Jorhat Mariani Inter-City Express, Kamakhya - Dibrugarh Intercity Express, Mariani Jorhat - Furkating Passenger and Jorhat - Tinsukia Passenger. While the Mariani Junction railway station situated on the Lumding-Dibrugarh section is the main railway junction of Jorhat district, which is about 18 km (11 mi) from Jorhat City.

Road

The Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT) of Jorhat is located at Tarajan, Kotokipukhuri, on the western part of the city, provides connectivity to other parts of the state as well as Northeast with regular buses from ASTC and private operators. Rickshaws and auto rickshaws are the main mode of public transport within the city.

Waterways

The Neamati multimodal waterways terminal on Brahmaputra National Waterway 2 in Jorhat district is part of Bharatmala and Sagarmala projects.[11] There are 19 National Waterways for the Northeast connectivity.

Education and research institutions

Research institutes

Main entrance of Rain Forest Research Institute

Universities

Main entrance of Assam Agricultural University

Technical institutes

Medical institutes

Colleges

Higher secondary schools

  • Concept Junior College, Titabar,Jorhat[30]
  • Pragjyotika Junior College[31]

Schools

Politics

Jorhat is part of Jorhat (Lok Sabha constituency).[38]

Kamakhya Prasad Tasa (38) of the Bharatiya Janata Party is one of the youngest Indian politicians and a Member of Parliament serving the 16th Lok Sabha from Jorhat, Assam. Jorhat is home town to the previous Chief Minister of Assam, Tarun Gogoi. The six-time sitting Congress M.P. Bijoy Krishna Handique was defeated by Kamakhya Prasad Tasa in 2014.

The M.L.A. from Jorhat assembly constituency is Hitendra Nath Goswami of the B.J.P., who won the seat in the State elections in 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2016.[39]

Notable people

See also

References

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  2. ↑ http://jorhatmunicipalboard.org
  3. ↑ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1813_PART_B_DCHB_JORHAT.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.census2011.co.in/census/metropolitan/180-jorhat.html
  5. ↑ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf
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  9. ↑ "Jorhat District Population Census 2011, Assam literacy sex ratio and density". Census2011.co.in. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  10. ↑ "Bhattacharya, Birendrakumar" in Amaresh Datta, ed., Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 1 (Sahitya Akademi, 1987), ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1, p. 482 (excerpt available at Google Books).
  11. ↑ Bharatmala presentation
  12. ↑ "Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute (C.M.E.R. & T.I.) Lahdoigarh, Jorhat Assam". cmerti.res.in.
  13. ↑ "Particulars of I.G.M.R.I.(FS), Jorhat, its functions and duties". Indian Grain Storage and Research Institute, Jorhat. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "ONGC :: Our Initiatives :: Institutes :: I.N.B.I.G.S." Ongcindia.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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  18. ↑ "Kaziranga University : A 21st Century Career University with a focus on research in emerging areas of Science, Technology and Management". kazirangauniversity.in.
  19. ↑ http://www.jiatc.org Archived 11 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  20. 1 2 "Jorhat Institute of Science and Technology". jistassam.in. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  21. ↑ Webx. "Welcome to Jorhat Medical college". Archived from the original on 22 March 2010.
  22. ↑ "Welcome to Bahona College". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "CKB Commerce College". ckbcc.org. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  24. ↑ "Official Website of C.K.B. College, Teok". www.ckbcollegeteok.com. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  25. ↑ "D.C.B. Girls College, Jorhat, Asssam". dcbgirlscollegejorhat.org. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  26. ↑ "Welcome to J B College". Jagannath Barooah College. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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  28. ↑ "Jorhat Law College, Jorhat, Assam, India- BA LLB, LLB, LLM". jorhatlawcollege.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  29. ↑ http://assamjobguru.com/about-kakojan-college/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  30. ↑ "Welcome To CONCEPT Group Of Institutions & Publications". Concept Edu. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  31. ↑ "Welcome to "Pragjyotika A Group Of Institutions"". Pragjyotika Group Of Institutions. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  32. ↑ "Don Bosco Hr. Sec. School – Baghchung, Jorhat". dbsjorhat.org.
  33. 1 2 http://www.dongme.ning.com Archived 9 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  34. ↑ http://www.sankardevseminary.org Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  35. ↑ "Kendriya Vidyalaya, AFS Jorhat". Kvafsjorhat.org. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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  38. ↑ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  39. ↑ "Jorhat (Assam) Election Results 2016". Election.in. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
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