Katakhal is a town and railway station in Hailakandi tehsil of Hailakandi district in the Indian state of Assam. The village is named after the Katakhal River which originates in Bhairabi after three other rivers merge. The river ends at Kalinagar Village falling into Barak river. The Hailakandi district is one of the three districts of Southern Assam in the Barak Valley.[citation needed][verification needed]
Katakhal | |
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village | |
  Katakhal Location in Assam, India  Katakhal Katakhal (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°49′51″N 92°36′51″E / 24.8309°N 92.6143°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Hailakandi |
| District created | 1 October 1989 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Hailakandi Municipality Board |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,327 km2 (512 sq mi) |
| • Rank | hhh |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 659,260 |
| • Density | 497/km2 (1,290/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali and Meitei (Manipuri) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 788XXX |
| Telephone code | 91 - (0) 03844 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-AS |
| Vehicle registration | AS-24 |
| Website | hailakandi |
Bengali and Meitei (Manipuri) are the official languages of this place.[1][2]
Bairabi Sairang Railway
editIndian Railways has already converted the current 84 km railway from Assam to Bairabi 2 km inside Mizoram. Its 51.38 km long Bairabi Sairang Railway extension from Bairabi to Sairang (20 km north of Aizawl) in Mizoram is under construction with target completion date of March 2019. In August 2015, Indian Railway completed a survey for a possible new route extension from Sairang to Hmawngbuchhuah[3] on Mizoram's southern tip on the border of Myanmar, where at nearby Zochachhuah[4] village the National Highway 502 (India) (part of Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project) enters Myanmar, leaving a possibility open for yet-unplanned future rail connections to Paletwa.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Govt withdraws Assamese as official language from Barak valley". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ Purkayastha, Biswa Kalyan (24 February 2024). "Assam recognises Manipuri as associate official language in four districts". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ Hmawngbuchhuah location map
- ^ Zochachhuah location map
- ^ Massive push to railway infrastructure under way in Northeast
- ^ Sanctioned in 2000, broad-gauge train reaches Mizoram after 16 years
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