Bokajan (town)

Bokajan (IPA: ˈbəʊkəˌdʒɑːn) is a town in Karbi Anglong district in the state of Assam, India. Bokajan is best known for its Cement factory (Cement Corporation of India, Bokajan). It is 15 km away from Dimapur and partially borders Nagaland.

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Town
Bokajan
Location in Assam, India
Bokajan
Bokajan (India)
Coordinates: 26.02°N 93.78°E / 26.02; 93.78
Country India
StateAssam
DistrictKarbi Anglong
Government
 • BodyBokajan Town Committee
 • MPHoren Sing Bey
Elevation
138 m (453 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total19,936
Languages
 • OfficialAssamese, Hindi, English
 • RegionalKarbi, Assamese, Hindi, Bodo, Bengali
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationAS 09

Geography

Bokajan is located at 26.02°N 93.78°E / 26.02; 93.78.[1] It has an average elevation of 138 metres (452 feet).

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[2] Bokajan had a population of 19,936. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bokajan has an average literacy rate of 86.77%, higher than the national average of 74.04%; with male literacy of 80% and female literacy of 68%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Language

Languages spoken in Bokajan (2011)[3]

  Bengali (33.73%)
  Assamese (22.78%)
  Hindi (22.38%)
  Nepali (7.09%)
  Karbi (5.33%)
  others (8.69%)

Bengali is the most spoken language at 6,725 speakers, followed by Assamese at 4,541 and Hindi at 4,461, Karbi is spoken by 1,062 people and Nepali by 1,413.

Economy

Bokajan CCI

The Bokajan Cement Factory is one of the 3 functional cement factory in India, out of its 10 cement factories of Cement Corporation of India Limited (CCI), which are fully owned by the Central Govt. of India. Annually, the plant produces around 198,000 MT by using the dry process. The factory occupy an area that consist of the factory, the mining area and the township. The township consists of various civic amenities such as health centres, guest houses, bank, post office, telephone exchange and so on.

Agriculture

Most of the populace income is based on agriculture.

Education

Notable educational institutions include:

  • Eastern Karbi Anglong College This is a single stream college i.e. Arts. Dr. Anil Ch. Das is the present Principal and Shri Suk Lal Subba is the Vice Principal
  • Kendriya Vidyalaya This is the first school based on CBSE pattern and run under the CCI project. The school was established on 22 December 1986
  • Bokajan College
  • Bokajan Higher Secondary School This the oldest school in the area. The Govt. Provincialised Assamese medium school completed its Golden Jubilee in the year 2015.
  • Borjan High School This is an Assamese medium school. Atul Borgohain was the founder Headmaster.
  • Discovey English School Established in 2014, located in Gharialdubi, near 155bn CRPF camp Bokajan. The school was originally a sub-school of Sukhani English High School in terms of Ownership.
  • Green Valley High School, Sukhanjan Established in 1997 and it is managed by the Pvt. Unaided.
  • Green Valley Junior College, Sukhanjan An English Medium College established in the year 2011.
  • Jin Baba Hindi High School This school is located at the centre of the town. It is one of the oldest school in Bokajan. This a Government affiliated school.
  • Pranab Vidyapith and Pranab Jubilee College, Sukhanjan This school and the college are under Bharat Sevasram Sangha. This is the only college in the area providing B.Sc courses and B.Com courses , Both honours and pass course.
  • Radha Govinda High School This is an English medium school, located in the heart of Bokajan Town. It's popularly known as RG.
  • Shantiniketan English High School A private school established in 2007. The school is based on the ideology of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. The school is the only private school that runs CCE fully based on CBSE patterns.
  • Shristi English Academy
  • BRS English High School
  • S.N.S. Academy
  • Sukhani English High School, Sukhanjan The school was founded on 6 January 1987, by Mohanlal Sukhani and named ‘Sukhani English Medium School’, it was renamed as ‘Sukhani English High School’ in 2005. Situated in the heart of Bokajan the school is the oldest English medium school in the locality.
  • Vidhya Sagar High School and Junior College
  • Vivekananda HS School This is the first Bengali medium school of Bokajan. And the second oldest school of the area.

Sports

A wide array of sports are played in Bokajan, the most popular among them being football, chess, Karate.

Bokajan Chess Academy is run by former state champion and National level Player Rintu Brahma.

Politics

Bokajan is part of Autonomous District (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

References
  1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bokajan
  2. "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.
  3. https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16T/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-1800.XLSX. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
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