Bokajan (town)

Bokajan

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Town
	Bokajan Location in Assam, India Bokajan Bokajan (India)
	Coordinates: 26.02°N 93.78°E
Country	India
State	Assam
District	Karbi Anglong
Government
• Body	Bokajan Town Committee
• MP	Horen Sing Bey
Elevation	138 m (453 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	19,936
Languages
• Official	Assamese, Hindi, English
• Regional	Karbi, Assamese, Hindi, Bodo, Bengali
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	AS 09

Bokajan (/ˈboʊkədʒɑːn/ BOH-kə-jahn) 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.

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 and Kendriya Vidyalaya.

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

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

External links

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bokajan (project C.C.I Bokajan)

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[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.

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[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.