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Country
  
India

District
  
Jorhat

PIN
  
785630

Elevation
  
172 m

Area code
  
0376

State
  
Assam

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Telephone code
  
0376

Population
  
7,450 (2001)

Local time
  
Sunday 1:03 AM

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Weather
  
22°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 89% Humidity

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Titabar is a town in the Jorhat district of Assam, in India. It is about 20 km away from Jorhat City. It is one of the highly greeny places of Assam almost surrounded by different tea-states.

Contents

Map of Titabor, Assam

Geography

Titabar is located at 26.60°N 94.20°E / 26.60; 94.20. and has an average elevation of 172 m (564 ft).

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, the Titabor subdivision had a population of 110,224. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Titabor has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 77%; 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

Titabor is well connected by road and railways. Na Ali connects the town with Jorhat. Buses and mini vans are daily ply from Jorhat to Titabor. For long distance ASTC operates direct bus from Titabor to Guwahati via Jorhat. It has a railway station on Lumding-Dibrugarh section of Tinsukia railway division of Northeast Frontier Railway. The nearest airport is Jorhat Airport.

Place of interests

Thengal Bhawan

The Thengal Bhawan is Located at Jalukonibari in Titabor, was built in 1880 by Raibahadur Siva Prasad Barooah. In 1929, he published a weekly Assamese newspaper. Later, he established his printing press and office at Thengal Bhawan and managed to publish a daily newspaper, Dainik Batori. The Thengal Bhawan is now used as a guest house.

Research Station

  • Regional Agricultural Research Station, Titabor
    • Regional Agricultural Research Station was set up in 1923 at Titabor for the research of the rice of Brahmaputra Valley.

    Teacher Training Institute

  • District Institute Of Education and Training

    • Colleges

  • Borholla College
  • Nabin Bordoloi College
  • Nanda Nath Saikia College
  • Titabar Junior College

    • Schools

  • Amgurikhat High School
  • Jatiya Vidyalaya, Titabar
  • Bekajan Girls' School
  • Bekajan L.P school
  • Bekajan Mohgorh M.E & Higher Secondary School
  • Birina Sayek High School
  • Borholla Higher Secondary School
  • Concept English School, Junior College Official page
  • Gomoti Devi Girls' School
  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Jorhat
  • Jalukonibari higher Secondary school.
  • Jalukanibari Girls' High School
  • Kharikatia High School.
  • Kharikatiya Jatiya Bidyalaya.
  • Madhapur Girls' High School
  • Melamati High School
  • M.R.S.H School
  • Padma Ram Sarmah Higher Secondary School, Madhapur
  • Phulbari High School
  • Pragjyotika Academy Official page
  • Pragjyotika English School and Junior College
  • Srimanta Sankar Vidyapith School
  • Titabar Town High School
  • Titaram bordoloi high school

    • Politics

    The Titabar subdivision is part of the Jorhat (Lok Sabha constituency). The current MLA from its assembly constituency is Tarun Gogoi, the former Chief Minister of Assam - he has been in this seat since 2001.

    Notable People

  • Ashok Saikia, Retd. IAS, Former Joint Secretary of PMO during Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure
  • Bijoy Krishna Handique, former MP
  • Haren Handique, freedom fighter
  • Hemendra Prasad Thengal
  • Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of Assam
  • Ghana Hazarika, first Chairman of Titabar Town Committee

    • References

    Titabor Wikipedia
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