Country India Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code 03772 Area code 03772 | State Assam PIN 785693 Vehicle registration AS Nearest city Sivasagar district | |
Borhat (বৰহাট) is the eastern part of the newly formed Charaideo district, Assam. It is separated from Namrup in the east by the river Disang or Dilih. In the west Sapekhati, in south Arunachal Pradesh, in north are parts of Dibrugarh district including Namrup, Assam. There is a small railway station named Borhat(BFD) which is in the central place of the region. During Ahom rule, Borhat was famous as a place for finding mineral salt. The name Borhat is originated from Bor 'বৰ' (meaning big 'ডাঙৰ' ) and hat 'হাট' (market 'বজাৰ'). T here was a market place where salt was available. Salt was considered to be very precious during Ahom rule as Assam is far from the seas and people had to use only mineral salts.
Modern day Borhat has many big tea gardens, some of them were founded by British and almost every family has small tea plantation in their orchard, thus contributing a lot to the state's tea production.
Its main educational institutes are:
and many of Lower primary school,High school and Middle English school. There is an ITI(Industrial Training Institute) college in construction mode.
Borhat has a lot more natural beauty around its Hilly place. The Tea gardens in the hilly side looks very beautiful.
There is a branch of SBI situated in middle of its region. It also has an AGVB (Assam Gramin Vikash Bank) branch.Moreover,a post office and a primary health centre on the central part of the region caters the need of the large number of people residing in the region consisting of 52 villages(approx).