Bokajan
Bokajan (IPA: ˈbəʊkəˌdʒɑːn) is a town in Karbi Anglong district in the state of Assam, India. Bokajan is best known for its Cement factory. It is 15 km away from Dimapur and partially borders Nagaland.
Bokajan Inghanlangso | |
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Town | |
  Bokajan Location in Assam, India  Bokajan Bokajan (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26.02°N 93.78°E | |
| Country |  |
| 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 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | AS 09 |
Geography
Bokajan is located at 26.02°N 93.78°E.[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.
Economy
Industry
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 1,98,000 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 centers, guest houses, bank, post office, telephone exchange and so on.
Agriculture
Most of the populace income is based on agriculture.
Education
Some of the major educational institutions in the town are:
- Bokajan College
- This is a college located near supermarket.
- Bokajan Higher Secondary School
- This the oldest school of 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.
- 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.
- Green Valley High School, Sukhanjan.
- Green Valley Junior College, Sukhanjan.
- Jin Baba Hindi High School
- This school is located at the centre of the town. The only Hindi medium school and also one of the oldest school in Bokajan. This a Government affiliated school.
- 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 .
- Pranab Vidyapith and Pranab Jublee 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.
- Sukhani English Medium School
- Vidhya Sagar High School and Vidhya Sagar Junior College
- Vivekananda HS School:
- This is the first Bengali medium school of Bokajan. And the second oldest school of the area.
Politics
Bokajan is part of Autonomous District (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]
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.
- "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.